Module 56 Flashcards
emotions
a response of the whole organism
James-Lange theory
arousal comes before emotion
- William James
- stimulus, physiological arousal, bodily response, emotion
- our experience of emotion is our awareness of our bodily reactions to an emotion-arousing stimlus
Emotions arise from our awareness of our bodily responses to emotion-arousing stimuli: stimuli → arousal → emotion.
William James?
james-lange theory
cannon-bard theory
- arousal and emotion occur simulatenously
- Walter Cannon
- says an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers
1) physiological responses
2) subjection experience of emotion
ex. “my pounding of heart did not cause my fear, nor did my fear cause my pounding of heart
Emotion-arousing stimuli trigger our bodily responses and simultaneous subjective experience.
two-factor theory
- Stanley schachter + Jerome singer
- say emotion has two ingredients: physical arousal and cognitive appraisal
- our physical reactions and thoughts together create emotion
Stanley schachter?
two-factor theory
Our experience of emotion depends on two factors: general arousal and a conscious cognitive label.
Robert zajonc
said we actually have many emotional reactions apart from, or even before, our conscious interpretation of something
ex liking someone immediately without knowing why
Joseph ledoux
said emotions could bypass certain mental processes, based on the amount of brain function required
Some embodied responses happen instantly, without conscious appraisal.
Richard Lazarus
cognitive appraisal (Is it dangerous or not?) sometimes w/o our awareness- defines emotion
ex. the sound is “just the wind”
polygrap
