AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -If a person experiences a state of arousal for which they have an appropriate explanation, then they will be unlikely to describe that emotion using alternative available cognitions. Example: You are walking home alone. Your breathing is deep, your heart is beating a little faster and you feel drowsy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The James-Lange theory of emotion asserts that emotions arise from physiological arousal.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion, the experience of an emotion is accompanied by physiological arousal. According to the James-Lange theory of emotion, our experience of an emotion is the result of the arousal that we experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Schachter-Singer theory of emotion, developed in 1962, there are two key components of an emotion: physical arousal and a cognitive label. In other words, the experience of emotion involves first having some kind of physiological response which the mind then identifies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Emotions can be defined as psychological states that comprise thoughts and feelings, physiological changes, expressive behaviors, and inclinations to act.