一場
講者：Prof. Robert Levenson (Univ. of California Berkeley)
時間：2018/11/9 (五) 14:00 -15:00
講題：Emotion and aging: Two paths in late life
地點：臺灣大學心理學系北館A教室
摘要: There has been an explosion of new knowledge and theory in recent years about emotion in late life. In this talk, I will describe two quite different paths that our emotional lives may take. The first path is associated with healthy aging and involves a number of areas in which emotional functioning in preserved and even improves. The second path is associated with neurodegenerative diseases that can produce dramatic declines in emotional functioning. The presentation will draw heavily from our laboratory studies of emotional functioning in individuals and in couples in intimate relationships.
第二場
講者：Prof. Michelle Shiota (Arizona State Univ.)
時間：2018/11/9 (五) 15:00 -16:00
講題：Why we need awe: Not just a luxury emotion
地點：臺灣大學心理學系北館A教室
摘要:: Awe – defined as an emotional response to physically or conceptually vast, extraordinary stimuli – has only recently begun to receive serious attention in empirical psychology. This gap reflects perception of awe as a “luxury” item in the human emotional repertoire, without an easily defined adaptive or social function. In this talk I offer a theoretical definition of awe rooted in evolutionary psychology, emphasizing its role in human learning, and present research from my own laboratory consistent with this definition. Future directions of this program of research are discussed, and ideas for cross-cultural research on awe are invited.