AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Neck-level spinal cord injuries reduce the intensity with which people experience certain emotions. The activity of the prefrontal cortex plays a role in the emotions we experience. An emotion-arousing stimulus is simultaneously routed to the cortex and to the sympathetic nervous system.

Detailed explanation-2: -The James-Lange theory states that stimulating events trigger a physical reaction. The physical reaction is then labeled with a corresponding emotion. For example, if you run into a snake, your heart rate increases. James-Lange theory suggests that the increase in heart rate is what makes us realize we’re afraid.

Detailed explanation-3: -Research has shown that neck-level spinal cord injuries reduce the intensity of certain emotional experiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -The prevailing view on the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) on emotion is that it dampens emotional experience due to a loss of peripheral bodily feedback, with the higher the lesion on the spinal cord the greater the reduction in the intensity of emotional experience.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to the James-Lange theory of emotion, you would only experience a feeling of fear after this physiological arousal had taken place. Furthermore, different arousal patterns would be associated with different feelings.