Question

What is one of the issues with using the idea of cosmic fear to explain why all works of horror are appealing?'

What two main neural structures are activated during negative reinforcement when viewing horror films?

Give a real-life example of your own about how you’ve experience cognitive escape while viewing horror movies ?Be specific and be sure to include the steps of cognitive escape.

Answer 1

One issue with the idea of cosmic fear is that , According to the Arousal Transer theory, horror movies are appealing because the negative feelings created by the movie turns to be positive feelings because of the triumph of the hero. It gives us an feeling of a emotionally crzy ride. But in a cosmic horror, the main principle is that the humans are seen as insignificant and the protagonist can't defeat the powerful antagonist. So, there is no turning of negative feeling to positive ones. As a result, cosmic fear has an issue explaning why horror movies are appealing