AP PSYCHOLOGY

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MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

THEORIES AND PHYSIOLOGY OF EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Freddy the clown has been working at the circus for years. He feels his heart racing and looks around his environment and notices that everyone else at the circus appears to be having fun and so he identifies his subjective experience as “fun”.
A
James-Lange
B
Cannon-Bard
C
Schacter-Singer
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion, the experience of an emotion is accompanied by physiological arousal. Thus, according to this model of emotion, as we become aware of danger, our heart rate also increases.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Schachter-Singer two-factor theory suggests that physiological arousal receives cognitive labels as a function of the relevant context and that these two factors together result in an emotional experience. The limbic system is the brain’s emotional circuit, which includes the amygdala and the hippocampus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive assessment of physiological arousal. Is often referred to as the two-factor model of emotion. States that assessment of emotions may take too long in emergency situation, therefore violates he two-factor theory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: The Schachter-Singer Theory, also known as the Two-Factor Theory, is a cognitive theory of emotion. It states that physiological arousal occurs, and then one must appraise the reason for that arousal and assign an emotion to it.

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