Post by miluska7 on Nov 4, 2017 2:32:46 GMT
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Whistle a Happy Tune
Explain what point Damasio is making by reference (p. 71) to the lyrics of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song, I Whistle a Happy Tune? Does he seem to be arguing that the emotion-control strategy suggested by the lyrics is viable? Does he offer any evidence that it could actually work
The point that Damasio is making in reference to these lyrics is that in associative learning there is an inter-related network between the cognitive thought processes of the brain and the emotional levels of processing in the brain. So, if a person thinks of a past event that was sad for them then this will cause an emotional response of crying and being depressed, or in the case of the woman with the electrodes, the musculature associated with physical crying was triggered which then caused a cognitive thought process of thinking of a hopeless life situation in conjunction with the associated emotion of sadness. So, Damasio is saying that if you are thinking about a sad event in life and then whistle a happy tune, that your cognitive processes will associate the physical act of singing happily with thinking happy thoughts as well. Damasio is suggesting that the emotion-control strategy is viable, he uses the example of Paul Ekman's study as evidence for this- in this study, the participants were asked to make certain facial expressions, and accordingly the participants would experience the emotions associated with these changes in facial musculature.
Whistle a Happy Tune
Explain what point Damasio is making by reference (p. 71) to the lyrics of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song, I Whistle a Happy Tune? Does he seem to be arguing that the emotion-control strategy suggested by the lyrics is viable? Does he offer any evidence that it could actually work
The point that Damasio is making in reference to these lyrics is that in associative learning there is an inter-related network between the cognitive thought processes of the brain and the emotional levels of processing in the brain. So, if a person thinks of a past event that was sad for them then this will cause an emotional response of crying and being depressed, or in the case of the woman with the electrodes, the musculature associated with physical crying was triggered which then caused a cognitive thought process of thinking of a hopeless life situation in conjunction with the associated emotion of sadness. So, Damasio is saying that if you are thinking about a sad event in life and then whistle a happy tune, that your cognitive processes will associate the physical act of singing happily with thinking happy thoughts as well. Damasio is suggesting that the emotion-control strategy is viable, he uses the example of Paul Ekman's study as evidence for this- in this study, the participants were asked to make certain facial expressions, and accordingly the participants would experience the emotions associated with these changes in facial musculature.