Year 10 Psychology - Emotions

What are the components of an emotional experience?

• A subjective experience, physiological response and a behavioural or expressive response.

• A subjective response and a physiological experience

• Physiological experience and a behavioural or expressive response.

• A subjective experience, and a behavioural or expressive response.

What was Plutchik Theory?

• Emotions are the same for all species of animal

• A psycho-evolutionary classification approach for general emotional responses. He considered there to be eight primary emotions—anger, fear, sadness, disgust, surprise, anticipation, trust, and joy.

• A psychological approach for general emotional responses. He considered there to be five primary emotions—anger, sadness, surprise, trust, and joy.

• Emotions were predictable and consistent for all humans

What is this diagram called?

• Primary and secondary emotions

• Flower of emotion

• Plutchik's wheel of emotion

• Stages of emotions

Primary emotions...

• are when you feel something about the feeling itself. Example: You may feel anger about being hurt or shame about your anxiety.

• are sadness and happiness

• are very complex to understand. They are your reactions to external events.

• are fairly simple to understand. They are your reactions to external events.

Secondary emotions....

• are when you feel something about the feeling itself. Example: You may feel anger about being hurt or shame about your anxiety.

• are fairly simple to understand. They are your reactions to external events.

• are anger and joy

• are complex to understand. They are your reactions to external events.

Worthlessness, betrayal, or being thankful, are examples of?

• Primary emotions

• Secondary emotions

• Feelings

• Thoughts

Fear, disgust, surprise are examples of?

• Primary emotions

• Secondary emotions

• Feelings

• Thoughts

Where is the emotional centre of the brain?

• Left hemisphere

• Frontal lobe

• Thalamus

• Amagdala

What system in the brain plays a key role in emotions?

• left and right hemisphere

• the 4 lobes

• the Limbic system

• the reticular formation

Explain the relationship this diagram has to high and low levels of emotional well-being.