AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

THEORIES AND PHYSIOLOGY OF EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If told that marijuana use produces feelings of hunger, new users report feeling hungry; if told the drug is a downer, new users often interpret their bodily sensations as depressed.
A
Common Sense Viewpoint
B
James-Lange Theory
C
Cannon-Bard Theory
D
Schachter’s Two-Factor Theory
E
Cognitive-mediational Theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Emotional feelings accompany physiological changes; they neither produce nor result from such changes. Stimulus information from the environment is first processed by the thalamus. From there, the information branches off, with one pathway leading to the cerebral cortex, where it can be processed more carefully.

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