THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
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“I feel terrified because my heart is racing."
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“My racing heart must mean I’m terrified because everyone else is screaming."
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“My heart is racing because I am terrified."
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“The sight of the drop makes my heart race and it makes me feel terrified."
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dylan is on a roller-coaster that has just reached the top of the first climb and is starting to drop. Based on the James-Lange theory of emotion, Dylan should report, “I feel terrified because my heart is racing."
Detailed explanation-2: -Suppose you are walking in the woods, and you see a grizzly bear. You begin to tremble, and your heart begins to race. The James-Lange theory proposes that you will interpret your physical reactions and conclude that you are frightened ("I am trembling. Therefore I am afraid.")
Detailed explanation-3: -According to James-Lange theory emotion is experienced when the organism becomes aware of visceral and somatic changes induced by some event.
Detailed explanation-4: -Evolutionary theorists believe that emotion evolved before thought. They assert that thought plays a relatively small role in emotion, although they admit that learning and cognition may have some influence on human emotions.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that emotions and arousal occur at the same time. The James-Lange theory proposes the emotion is the result of arousal. Schachter and Singer’s two-factor model proposes that arousal and cognition combine to create emotion.