EmotionsUnit 8b

8B Unit PlansEmotionsLying

Make sure to be able to do the Essentials on your unit map

Emotion vs. LogicWarm Up: A common stereotype is that

women are emotional and men are logical. Please express your thoughts and opinions on this topic.

Is it true that women are more emotional, or is it true that men and women experience and express emotions differently? Or both?

Smile Fake or Real Smile?

Can you spot the real smile?On a scratch paper, watch each video clip and

decide if it is a real or fake smile.When we are done we can see how well you did

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/

Fake or Real Smile? Fake smiles look very similar to genuine smiles, they are actually slightly

different, because they are brought about by different muscles, which are controlled by different parts of the brain.

Fake smiles can be performed at will- generated from conscious brain Genuine smiles, are generated by the unconscious brain, so are

automatic. When people feel pleasure, signals pass through the part of the brain that

processes emotion.

Lines around the eyes do sometimes appear in intense fake smiles, and the cheeks may bunch up, making it look as if the eyes are contracting and the smile is genuine.

Key signs that distinguish fake smiles from real ones. When a smile is genuine, the eye cover fold - the fleshy part of the eye

between the eyebrow and the eyelid - moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly.

Let’s Think About Emotions

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How Many Emotions Can You Identify?Take out a scrap sheet of paperMake a list of all of the emotions you can

think of in 2 minutesOn your mark…get set…goNow group similar emotions into categories

Basic EmotionsPrimaryemotion

Secondary emotion Tertiary emotions

Love

Affection Adoration, affection, love, fondness, liking, attraction, caring, tenderness, compassion, sentimentality

Lust Arousal, desire, lust, passion, infatuation

Longing Longing

Joy

Cheerfulness

Amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, gaiety, glee, jolliness, joviality, joy, delight, enjoyment, gladness, happiness, jubilation, elation, satisfaction, ecstasy, euphoria

Zest Enthusiasm, zeal, zest, excitement, thrill, exhilaration

Contentment Contentment, pleasure

Pride Pride, triumph

Optimism Eagerness, hope, optimism

Enthrallment Enthrallment, rapture

Relief Relief

More Basic EmotionsSurprise Surprise Amazement, surprise, astonishment

Anger

Irritation Aggravation, irritation, agitation, annoyance, grouchiness, grumpiness

Exasperation Exasperation, frustration

RageAnger, rage, outrage, fury, wrath, hostility,

ferocity, bitterness, hate, loathing, scorn, spite, vengefulness, dislike, resentment

Disgust Disgust, revulsion, contempt

Envy Envy, jealousy

Torment Torment

More Basic Emotions

Sadness

Suffering Agony, suffering, hurt, anguish

SadnessDepression, despair, hopelessness, gloom, glumness, sadness, unhappiness, grief, sorrow, woe, misery, melancholy

Disappointment Dismay, disappointment, displeasure

Shame Guilt, shame, regret, remorse

NeglectAlienation, isolation, neglect, loneliness, rejection, homesickness, defeat, dejection, insecurity, embarrassment, humiliation, insult

Sympathy Pity, sympathy

FearHorror Alarm, shock, fear, fright, horror, terror, panic,

hysteria, mortification

Nervousness Anxiety, nervousness, tenseness, uneasiness, apprehension, worry, distress, dread

Facial ExpressionsPaul Ekman- Powerful way to let others see

what we are feeling without speaking

6 basic emotionsHappiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear,

contempt

Spot the emotion:Role play

Take a cardAct out the emotion

Class can you guess what the emotion displayed was?

Random Calling for volunteers

Theories of EmotionEmotions are a mix of 1) physiological activation, 2) expressive behaviors, and

3) conscious experience.

Theories of Emotion

Does your heart pound because you are afraid...or are you afraid because you feel your heart pounding?

Controversy Does physiological arousal precede or

follow your emotional experience?

Does cognition (thinking) precede emotion (feeling)?

What is Emotion?Emotions-

As you watch the short video on emotions, jot down some thoughts or questions you have about emotions?

When you become happy, your heart starts beating faster. First comes conscious awareness, then comes physiological activity.

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Common Sense View

James-Lange Theory of Emotion

Experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

Fear(emotion)

Poundingheart(arousal)

Sight of oncomingcar(perception ofstimulus)

Cannon-BardTheory of Emotion

Emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger: physiological responses subjective experience

of emotion

Sight of oncomingcar(perception ofstimulus)

Poundingheart(arousal)

Fear(emotion)

Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

To experience emotion one must: be physically

aroused cognitively

label the arousalCognitive

label

“I’m afraid”

Fear(emotion)

Sight of oncomingcar(perception ofstimulus)

Poundingheart(arousal)

Embodied Emotion

We know that emotions involve bodily responses. Some of these responses are

very noticeable (butterflies in our stomach when fear arises), but others are more

difficult to discern (neurons activated in the brain).

Emotion and PhysiologyAutonomic nervous system controlsphysiological arousal

Sympatheticdivision (arousing)

Pupils dilate

Decreases

Perspires

Increases

Accelerates

Inhibits

Secrete stresshormones

Parasympatheticdivision (calming)

Pupils contract

Increases

Dries

Decreases

Slows

Activates

Decreasessecretion ofstress hormones

EYES

SALIVATION

SKIN

RESPIRATION

HEART

DIGESTION

ADRENALGLANDS

Physiological SimilaritiesPhysiological responses related to the

emotions of fear, anger, love, and boredom are very similar.

Excitement and fear involve a similarphysiological arousal.

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Physiological Differences

Physical responses, like finger temperature and movement of facial muscles, change during fear,

rage, and joy.

The amygdala shows differences in activation during the emotions of anger and rage. Activity of the left hemisphere (happy) is different from the right (depressed) for emotions.

More dopamine receptors: nucleus accumbens

Cognition and Emotion

What is the connection between how we think (cognition) and how we feel

(emotion)?

Can we change our emotions by changing our thinking?

Cognition Can Define EmotionAn arousal response to one event spills

over into our response to the next event.

Arousal from a soccer match can fuel anger, which may lead to rioting.

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Cognition and Emotion The brain’s shortcut for emotionsSensory input may be

routed directly to the amygdala (via the

thalamus) for an instant emotional

reaction or to the cortex for analysis