Theories of Emotion 4.8a

Question 1

Emotions are a mix of…

Answer 1

1. Body arousal
2. Expressive behaviors
3. Conscious experience

Question 2

Common-Sense Theory

Answer 2

A stimulus triggers emotion, which then causes bodily arousal

Question 3

James-Lange Theory

Answer 3

An emotion-arousing stimulus in the environment triggers a physiological reaction and behavior
1. Stimulus
2. Physiological and behavioral changes
3. Experience a particular emotion

Question 4

Cannon-Bard Theory

Answer 4

Emotional reaction to a stimulus is often faster than our physiological reaction. I’m scared, then I tremble.
A physiological reaction doesn’t always cause an emotion
I see a man, and I feel afraid and am trembling simultaneously.

Question 5

Two-Factor Theory
Schachter-Singer

Answer 5

1. A physiological arousal
2. A cognitive/conscious label of the situation and arousal
   These combine to form your feeling or an emotion.

Question 6

Spillover Effect

Answer 6

They “caught” the emotion of the other person sitting in the waiting room with them.

Question 7

The “Love” Bridge Study

Answer 7

Male participants cross a high suspension bridge or a low overpass bridge. At the end, an attractive researcher took down their info and offered up her phone number. The guys crossing the high suspension bridge attributed their fast heart beat to the girl, not the bridge, so they were the ones to call.

Question 8

Reflexive Response

Answer 8

We feel first, think later

Question 9

Robert Zajonc

Answer 9

Argued that emotions developed first, then cognition, in the history of human development

Question 10

Richard Lazarus

Answer 10

Emotions arise from our brain’s automatic appraisal of an event as harmless or dangerous, and then the emotion and arousal follow