Chaper 6 Emotion and Affect
Learning Outcomes
LO 1 Explain how the two chambers of the duplex mind contribute to our emotional
experience, and apply your understanding of the duplex mind to contrast conscious
emotion and automatic
affect.
LO 2 Compare the three theories of emotion, and explain the strengths and weakness
of each. Identify the role of physiological arousal in each theory, and also describe the
role of arousal in attention and performance.
LO 3 Explain how specific emotions are inner processes that serve interpersonal
functions. Describe the role of emotion in feelings of belongingness. Describe how the
experience of guilt can help a person maintain good relationships with others, and how
feelings of shame, disgust, happiness, and anger can lead to good relationships that
enhance survival and reproduction.
LO 4 Identify how human emotions differ from similar responses in animals, relating
your knowledge of humans as cultural animals to your explanations. Debate the role of
cultural values in specific emotions such as guilt, happiness, anger, and disgust.
LO 5 Describe some of the physiological effects that are related to our experience of
emotions. Summarize bodily changes that are associated with happiness, anger, love,
or other emotions, and explain how these physical changes can contribute to our
conscious experience of emotions.
LO 6 Summarize why we have emotions, relating the benefits and drawbacks to both
interpersonal and evolutionary systems. Explain the relationship between emotions and
behavior, and describe the cognitive implications of emotions.
LO 7 Describe the research studying whether emotions differ across gender and
culture, emphasizing the findings on the regulation of emotional expression.
LO 8 Define emotional intelligence and explain how it relates to emotional regulation.
Describe how and why people attempt to alter their emotional states.