Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Aspects of emotion

Lecture 08: Aspects of emotion

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This is the eighth lecture for the Motivation and emotion unit of study.

What causes emotion?
Biology? Cognition? Sociality?

Overview

This lecture discusses biological, cognitive, social and cultural aspects of emotion.

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Readings

1. Chapter 13: Aspects of emotion (Reeve, 2018)

Multimedia

The video explains the work of Paul Ekman in codifying the intricate ways in which emotions are revealed through facial expressions:

• Emotions revealed - KQED QUEST (11:24 min video about Ekman's work)

The video explores the concept of unconscious emotional mimicry in relation to smiling:

• Why we can't not smile (2:47 min)

This video explores and demonstrates what is becoming "emotionally" possible for robots:

• Robots that show emotion (TED talk, 5 mins.)

Slides

• Lecture slides (Google Slides)
• 2019 handouts:
  • Download 6 slides to a page:
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See also

• Emotion (Tutorial)
• James–Lange theory (Wikipedia)
• Nature of emotion (Previous lecture)
• Individual emotions (Next lecture)

Recording

• Lecture 08 recording (2019)

References

Izard, C. E. (2010). The many meanings/aspects of emotion: Definitions, functions, activation, and regulation. Emotion Review, 2, 363-370. Retrieved from http://emr.sagepub.com/content/2/4/363

External links

• Daniel Goleman introduces emotional intelligence (Youtube; 5:30 mins)
• Emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman: Animated book summary (Youtube; 7:28 mins)
• In your face (Youtube; Mind Field Ep 7; 24:33 mins)
• Ron Gutman – The hidden power of smiling (TedTalks; 7:26 mins)