Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Nature of emotion

Overview
This lecture discusses key questions about the psychology of emotion.

Take-home messages:
 * Emotions involve subjective feelings, physiological and neurological change, expressive behaviour, and guide motivation
 * Emotions serve adaptative, functional purposes

Outline

 * What is an emotion?
 * What causes an emotion?
 * How many emotions are there?
 * What good are emotions?
 * How can we control our emotions?
 * What is the difference between emotion and mood?

Core emotions


According to Reeve (2018):
 * Fear
 * Anger
 * Disgust
 * Sadness
 * Interest
 * Joy

Other candidates:
 * Contempt
 * Surprise

Readings

 * 1) Chapter 12: Nature of emotion: Six perennial questions (Reeve, 2018)

Multimedia

 * Feeling all the feels (CrashCourse Psychology #25, YouTube) (2:01 mins): an introduction to emotion
 * Emotions and the brain (Sentis, YouTube, 2012) (2:02 mins): a simple, clear explanation of emotions, the brain, and emotion regulation
 * Inside out - Meet Riley's emotions (Pixar, YouTube, 2015) (3:08 mins): Trailer for the animated movie Inside Out which provides an entertaining look at our inner emotions and memories
 * What is an emotion? (Paul Ekman) (Mind with Heart, 2012, YouTube) (7:35 mins): Paul Ekman explains what emotion is, why we have emotions, and how they can be regulated
 * Lie to me (Quicksubs, YouTube, 2015) (2:01 mins): Trailer for a TV series about lie detection through analysis of facial expression and body language

Slides

 * Nature of emotion (Google Slides)

Recording
Lecture 07 (2023)