AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Schachter and Singer’s (1962) Two-Factor Theory of Emotion suggests that physiological arousal determines the strength of the emotion, while cognitive appraisal identifies the emotion label. So, in this theory, the “two-factor” represents physiological change and cognitive appraisal change.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Appraisal theory of emotion proposes that emotions or emotional components are caused and differentiated by an appraisal of the stimulus as mis/matching with goals and expectations, as easy/difficult to control, and as caused by others, themselves or impersonal circumstances.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Schachter-Singer two-factor theory of emotion is a theory that explains emotional experiences are brought about by two components, a physiological arousal and cognitive processes. This theory was developed by Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer in the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Schachter and Singer found that participants uninformed about the injection’s true side effects felt either happier or angrier compared to informed participants. Since participants didn’t know the injection would affect their physiological arousal, they interpreted such reactions based on their confederate’s mood.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cognitive appraisal theory asserts that your brain first appraises a situation, and the resulting response is an emotion.