Key Theories of Emotion

1. Key Theories of Emotion Ap Psychology Michelle Hernandez

2. Emotions • Emotions are a mixture of three components : • Physiological arousal (heart pounding) • Expressive behavior (quicken pace) • Conscious experience ( include thoughts and feelings.) Darwin. •  Darwin believed that body movements and facial expressions (body language, or nonverbal communication) are used by members of a species to communicate meaning. • He suggested that although emotional expressions are initially learned behavior, they eventually evolve to become innate in a species because they have survival value..

3. Theories of Emotions James-Lange theory of emotion • The theory states our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological response to an emotion-arousing stimulus. • William James is a psychologist and Carl Lange proposed that we feel emotions after we notice our physiological response.

4. Theories of Emotions Cannon-Bard theory of emotion • The theory states an emotion-arousing stimulus is transmitted simultaneously triggers : physiological arousal and the subject experience emotion. • This theory implied that your heart beings pounding as you experience fear. • They believed that we feel emotions at the same time that our bodies respond.

5. Theories of emotion Schachter-Singer theory of emotion • A two-stage theory stating that for an emotion to occur, there must be (1) physiological arousal and (2) cognitively label the arousal. This theory focuses on the interplay of thinking and feeling, not the timing of feelings.

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7. Theories of Emotions

8. Facial Feedback Theory • According to the facial feedback theory, emotion is the experience of changes in our facial muscles.  • In other words, when we smile, we then experience pleasure, or happiness.  When we frown, we then experience sadness.  it is the changes in our facial muscles that cue our brains and provide the basis of our emotions.  Just as there are an unlimited number of muscle configurations in our face, so to are there a seemingly unlimited number of emotions.

9. Lazarus Theory • states that a thought must come before any emotion or physiological arousal.  In other words, you must first think about your situation before you can experience an emotion.

10. Question 1 Question 2 The psychologists who claimed that physiological arousal and emotion are experienced simultaneously are •  Two and Factor •  Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer •  Sigmund Freud •  William James and Carl Lange •  Walter Cannon and Philip Bard 2. The two-factor theory of emotion suggests that •  physiological arousal precedes emotion •  emotion depends on physiological arousal and cognitive processing •  emotion is simultaneously linked with physiological arousal •  two psychologists developed it Correct answers ( move the box) Question 1 – E Question 2- B

11. Question 3 Question 4 • Who developed the James-Lange theory of emotion? •  William James and James Lange •  Carl James and Thomas Lange •  William James and Carl Lange •  Carl James and William Lange The theory stating that physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion is attributed to •  Walter Cannon and Philip Bard •  Richard Lazarus •  Charles Darwin •  William James and Carl Lange •  Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer 3. C 4. D

12. Question 5 Question 6 According to the Cannon-Bard theory, what is the relationship between physiological arousal and the experience of emotion? • People experience emotion because they experience physiological arousal • The experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur simultaneously • People have physiological arousal because they experience emotion • None of the above •  The statement We are afraid because we tremble is explained by which theory of emotion? • Darwin’s theory • The two-factor theory • The James-Lange theory • The Cannon-Bard theory 5. B 6. c

13. Question 7 Question 8 • What is the process of the James-Lange theory of emotion? •  Event - emotion - physiological response •  Event - physiological response - emotion •  Emotion - physiological response - event •  Physiological response - emotion - event • Jimmy just finished the Detroit marathon and is elated with excitement. As he walked over to his girlfriend, who he has not known for very long, he immediately tells her that he loves her. Later that day, Jimmy realized that he made a mistake by telling his girlfriend that he was in love with her. His dad later explained that all of the excitement of finishing the marathon must have confused him. Which theory of emotion does this provide a problem for? • James-Lange theory • Cannon-Bard theory •  Two-factor theory 7. D 8. C

14. Question 9 Question 10 • You are walking down a dark alley late at night.  You hear footsteps behind you and your eyes widen, your teeth clench and your brain interprets these facial changes as the expression of fear.  Therefore you experience the emotion of fear. • Facial feedback Theory • Two factor • Cannon –brad Theory • Lazarus thory • You are walking down a dark alley late at night.  You hear footsteps behind you and you think it may be a mugger so you begin to tremble, your heart beats faster, and your breathing deepens and at the same time experience fear. • James-lange Theory • Two-Factor theory • Cannon-brad Theory • Lazarus Thoery 9. A 10. D

15. Cication • http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Early-Theories-of-Emotion.topicArticleId-25438,articleId-25365.html • http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/psych101/emotion/section1.rhtml • http://allpsych.com/psychology101/emotion.html