PSYCH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 37: Amygdala, Prefrontal Cortex
13 Mar 2017
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Emotion: a response of the whole organism involving . James-lange theory: the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. Ex. feeling of fear follows after the trembling and heart racing. Cannon-bard theory: the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological response and the subjective experience of emotion. Arousal and emotion occur at the same time. Increased heart rate can mean anger or love, but we don"t need to think about our heart rate first to know which one we are feeling. My heart began pounding as i experienced fear". Most researchers now believe that cognition is a factor in expression/emotion. Whether a man behind us in the dark scares us or not depends on our cognitive functions (what we"ve learned, what we remember, etc. ) Two factor theory: the schachter- singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused cognitively label the arousal.
