PSYC 100B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Amygdala, Psych, Blood Sugar

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100B
• Professor: Louise Chim

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James lange theory: arousal comes before emotion, heart racing and trembling then feeling of emotion- fear. Cannon bard theory: arousal and emotion occur simultaneously, heart racing as i experienced fear, hohmann study. Lower spine injuries (no feeling below legs) reported very little change in their emotional intensity. Schachter & singer two-factor theory: arousal + label = emotion, physical arousal & cognitive appraisal, the spillover effect study. Injected college men with epinephrine hormone which triggers feelings of arousal and go sit in waiting room with confederate. Depends on how we label the arousal we have one group of participants caught the apparent emotion of the confederate in the waiting room (happy if they were euphoric, and testy if they were irritated) A stirred up state can be experienced as one emotion or another, depending on how we interpret and label it. Zajonc & ledoux: some emotional responses happen instantly without any conscious appraisal, the neural high-road (complex processes)