Emotions

Question 1

What are the three experiences involved in having emotions

Answer 1

• psychological arousal (heart racing)
• expressive behaviors (walk faster, cry, fight)
• conscious experience (feeling fear or joy)

Question 2

James-Lange theory

Answer 2

Emotion is the result of bodily changes (I am afraid because my heart is pounding)

Question 3

Cannon-Bard theory

Answer 3

Brain processes both emotions and bodily changes at once (I am afraid and my heart is pounding at the same time)

Question 4

Schater-Singer theory (two factor theory)

Answer 4

Emotions depend on physical arousal and cognitive interpretation (Racing heart + this is dangerous = fear)

Question 5

Cognitive Appraisal theory (Lazarus)

Answer 5

Emotions arise from interpreting events (different emotions can arise from the same experience)