AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

THEORIES AND PHYSIOLOGY OF EMOTION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which theory explored how emotions can be processed below conscious awareness by flashing scared or neutral faces on a screen faster than the faces could be consciously detected?

A	James-Lange Theory
B	Cannon-Bard Theory
C	Lazarus Theory
D	Zajonc and Ledoux Theory

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Different theories exist regarding how and why people experience emotion. These include evolutionary theories, the James-Lange theory, the Cannon-Bard theory, Schacter and Singer’s two-factor theory, and cognitive appraisal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which theory of the emotional process believes that our conscious experience of emotion determines physiological and behavioural responses? In Schachter’s cognitive-physiological theory of the emotional process, physiology is thought to determine the TYPE of emotion that will be felt.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Proposed independently by psychologist William James and physiologist Carl Lange, the James-Lange theory of emotion suggested that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events.

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