Engaging with Emotion

ReadMe (Introduction)

1. Defining Emotion

b. Use of emotion in early psychology theories

c. Distinguishing emotion from mood

d. Distinguishing emotion from personality

e. A working definition for psychologists

2. Evolution of Emotion

a. Darwin's theory of evolution

b. Darwin's theory of emotion

c. Is there a continuity of emotion between people and animals?

d. A psycho-evolutionary theory combining Freud's with Darwin's theories

e. Separating emotion from cognition

3. Development of Emotion

a. Emotion in the first 6 months

b. Emotion at age 2

c. Emotion at age 5

d. Emotion at age 12

e. Emotion in developmental theories

4. Emotion in the Face

a. Experience versus expression of emotion

b. Do we "read" our own faces? [facial feedback theory]

c. Do we "read" the faces of others? [lie to me]

d. Ekman's evolutionary theory and FACS

e. Blended expressions

5. Emotion in the Body

a. The nervous system

b. The autonomic nervous system

c. The sympathetic nervous system

d. The parasympathetic nervous system

e. "Lie" detection and the autonomic nervous system

6. Emotion in the Brain

a. A three-level model

b. The brain stem

c. The brain core

d. The grey matter

e. Examples: addiction and reward systems

7. Emotion and Memory

a. The hippocampus

b. Emotion tagging of memories

c. Emotion, memory, and aging

d. Remembering Mr. Smith

e. Emotion and brain deterioration

8. Appraisal in Emotion

a. "Automatized" emotion

b. "Thought out" emotion

c. Lazarus theory of appraisal

d. When does appraisal enter the emotion process?

e. Emotion is a continuous process

9. Emotion and Culture

a. Innate and pancultural aspects

b. Learned aspects

c. Display rules

d. Differences across historical time (diachronous)

e. Differences among cultures (synchronous)

10. Emotion and Psychopathology

a. Role of emotion in DSM 5 diagnoses

b. Emotion and Anxiety

c. Emotion and Depression

d. Role of Emotion in psychotherapy

e. Emotion in Positive Psychology

11. Measuring Emotion

a. &