PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Autonomic Nervous System, Shared Experience, Sympathetic Nervous System
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A response of the whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviours and conscious experience. James-lange - common sense says we cry because we are sad, lash out because we are mad etc. J-l theory is that arousal comes before emotion. Feeling of fear followed my body"s response - racing heart and then, shaking with fright, felt the whoosh of emotion. Joy expressed - according to jl theory, we don"t just smile because we share our team mates joy. We also share the joy because we are smiling with them. Cannon bard theory - arousal and emotion occur simultaneously. This means when heart begins pounding as one experiences fear. If this is true a pounding heart as one experiences fear. Serious spinal injuries would see no emotional change from before or after. James-lange : our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.
