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Physiology Mid‑importance

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Psychology Mid‑importance

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Two Minor Corrections[edit]

A very novice Wikipedian here who stumbled across what appear to be two very glaring defects on this article. Due to my inexperience in editing articles and my complete lack of knowledge regarding the subject matter I would be much obliged if someone more qualified were to take notice and apply any necessary edits.

First, the third bullet point in the body language subsection reads:

"Op the surprise is associated with how much the jaw drops...[sic]"

I can only imagine that it was meant to read often the surprise...

Secondly, the image in the "Physiological response" subsection is a dead

link. Would it be possible to please have it removed or replaced?

Again this is coming from a very inexperienced user with little to no background on the subject matter and I would appreciate and feedback or constructive criticism on what is one of my first attempts to contribute to this wonderful site. --RedCasey (talk) 08:02, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notes & Queries[edit]

Suprise, what does it meen? Being 'surprised' is an emotion, and being surpised isn't always good. You can get a 'good' surprise, for example a surprise birthday party and you can get a bad surprise that you might not like. For example a gigantic spider on your head. Both of these surpises make you react differently and therefore make you feel differently, depending on the surprise.

JA: There is a "tension/relief" theory in aesthetics which says that the pleasant affect is due to a quick release from the primary unpleasant affect of shock, tension, or uncertainty. Jon Awbrey 05:56, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whats the source for the jump scene related arguments? The linked book is an old book in which I only found things about personal space but nothing aboutt jump scares or why one would still be scared by them any suggestions where to find such source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.64.145.81 (talk) 22:43, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A comment from a Trekker[edit]

That's a fine picture of Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation. (Image is copyright CBS Paramount Television).--Megamanfan3 17:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be at all possible to submit a picture other than one from a television show? Raises questions about the page's supposed "objectivity," does it not?

In what way? -OOPSIE- 22:33, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do we really need a picture for this? 20:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.234.84 (talk) i want to know if surprise is an adjective or noun

Illustration gone[edit]

I have taken the liberty to unilaterally remove the illustration. It looked to much like a photoshopped caricature to be suitable as an illustration for this kind of article; this isn't Uncyclopedia after all. Jonas Liljeström (talk) 13:19, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Is "surprize" an acceptable spelling (i.e., Britain versus USA)? 75.118.170.35 (talk) 19:10, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Generally not; the usage of that spelling seems to have mostly died out in the early 1800s. --WBTtheFROG (talk) 18:52, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Critiques[edit]

This article could go more in depth of how it feels to be surprised rather than just saying what the emotion does for a person. Like, what does surprise really mean? The article just states an emotion you get. Are you happy or are you sad when you get surprised or is it just a mute feeling? Also, examples for this article would be appropriate so one could understand how the emotion of surprise feels. --Kaywhay16 (talk) 02:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article should mention that surprise is one of Ekman's influential finding of 6 basic emotions that have cross-culturally recognized facial expressions.^[1] This article also needs to say something about neurophysiology--where in the brain does processing of surprise occur? Burressd (talk) 03:01, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ekman, Paul. 1999. "Basic Emotions", Chapter 3, pages 45-60 in Dalgleish, T; and M. Power, eds., Handbook of Cognition and Emotion, Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons (accessed August 2, 2013 at http://www.paulekman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Basic-Emotions.pdf)

Valence?[edit]

The first two sentences of the lead are currently:

Surprise is a brief mental and physiological state, a startle response experienced by animals and humans as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any valence; that is, it can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, unpleasant, positive, or negative.

Since this defines surprise as startle response, let's look there, where the lead says:

The startle response is a largely unconscious defensive response to sudden or threatening stimuli, such as sudden noise or sharp movement, and is associated with negative affect.^[1]

Affect is the experience of feeling or emotion.^[2]

The article on Valence indicates that "association with negative affect" means something has negative valence. This means that the definition of the first sentence (and its chain of consequences) is inconsistent with the "any valence" claim of the second. I cleaned this up a little on the Valence page but there is still more work to be done and more to be clarified, probably in this article and maybe in some others linked in to the chain.

--WBTtheFROG (talk) 18:48, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rammirez-Moreno,David."A computational model for the modulation of the prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex". Biological Cybernetics,2012,p.169
^ Hogg, M.A., Abrams, D., & Martin, G.N. (2010). Social cognition and attitudes. In Martin, G.N., Carlson, N.R., Buskist, W., (Ed.), Psychology (pp 646-677). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

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[1] Ekman, Paul. 1999. "Basic Emotions", Chapter 3, pages 45-60 in Dalgleish, T; and M. Power, eds., Handbook of Cognition and Emotion, Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons (accessed August 2, 2013 at http://www.paulekman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Basic-Emotions.pdf)

[2] Rammirez-Moreno,David."A computational model for the modulation of the prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex". Biological Cybernetics,2012,p.169

[3] Hogg, M.A., Abrams, D., & Martin, G.N. (2010). Social cognition and attitudes. In Martin, G.N., Carlson, N.R., Buskist, W., (Ed.), Psychology (pp 646-677). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

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