Theoretical framework - emotions towards wildlife

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Emotions toward wildlife studied why?

To directly study human emotions towards wildlife, the cognitive does not do so explicitly

Behaviorism (dominant in early 20th centuary) discouraged what?

exploring mental phenomena 

how does knowledge affect emtional responses?

Knowlegde influences emotional experiences through feedback from the cogintive system to the emotional system. Thus knowledge about how to put out a fire will mediate the feedback of fear at the sight of fire. 

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Emotional experience have 5properties:

Core affect(+/-) liking/disliking encounter with animal, level of arousal, feelings, appraisal of the situation( is it beneficial to us) and emotionally laden thoughts- due to past experiences and memories with animals 

Studying emotional dispositions is complex and should be done usiing

many methods; experiments, physiological measurements and brain imaging as well as questionaires 

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