PSY 1305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Autonomic Nervous System, Sympathetic Nervous System, Relative Deprivation
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Darwin"s theory: emotions help us survive and reproduce by giving nonverbal warnings, avoiding threats or interpret what an animal will do. Beneficial emotions can evolve by effectively communicating more. James-lange theory: emotions are interpreted based off of a physiological response triggered by a stimuli; not correct. Cannon-bard theory: a stimulus triggers both an emotion/subjective feeling and physiological arousal simultaneously; not correct. Two factor theory: the label that we give to our physiological sensation determines our emotions. Zajonc & ledoux"s theory: not all emotions are labeled or goes to our conscious awareness for cognitive processing; we may feel an emotion and not know why because some emotions occur instantly and doesn"t require thought. Lazarus"s theory: emotions come from our inferences our how we interpret our emotions to be. Modern biopsychological view: there is no order of the perception/stimulus, the emotion, and the physiological behavior; all three leads to each other (correct view)
