PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Zajonc believed that emotion is independent from cognition. Our own view is that the study of emotion and cognition should be integrated, because the phenomena themselves are integrated (Dewey, 1894; Parrott & Sabini, 1989).

Detailed explanation-2: -LeDoux also views some emotions as requiring no cognition: some emotions completely bypass contextual interpretation. His research into the neuroscience of emotion has demonstrated the amygdala’s primary role in fear (Cunha, Monfils, & LeDoux, 2010; LeDoux 1996, 2002).

Detailed explanation-3: -Emotion researcher Robert Zajonc argues that emotion and cognition are in some ways separate and our interpretations of situations are sometimes slower than emotional reactions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Zajonc-LeDoux Theory of Emotion Certain emotions can happen instantly without an active cognitive appraisal. For example, someone can be startled by the bark of a dog before labeling it as a threat (Meiselman, 2016).