PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Frontal Lobe, Lightning, Joseph E. Ledoux

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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Emotion: a response of the whole organism involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, + (3) conscious experience. James-lange theory: the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. Cannon-bard theory: theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses + (2) the subjective experience of emotion. Lower-spine injury little change in emotion intensity. Two-factor theory: the schachter-singer theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused + (2) cognitively label the arousal. Spillover effect feel differently depending on level of arousal before situation. Robert zajonc we have many emotional reactions apart from, or even before our interpretation of a situation. Our emotions take the low road joseph ledoux, fear bypasses cortex directly to amygdale to allow lightning emotional response before intellect intervenes, reflexes. Brains processes unconscious level, some emotional responses do not require conscious thinking.