PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THEORY OF EMOTION

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People experience internal arousal, become aware of the arousal, seek an explanation for it, identify an external cue, and then label the arousal. In an important way, arousal provides the fuel ____ the energy ____ of emotion, but the labeling determines the emotion that it felt.
A
Le’Doux’s Dual Pathway Model
B
Common Sense Viewpoint
C
James-Lange Theory
D
Cannon-Bard Theory
E
Schachter’s Two-Factor Theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Arousal is commonly construed as the experience of restlessness, excitation, and agitation. It manifests itself in heightened overt and covert bodily activities that create a readiness for action (→ Physical Effects of Media Content).

Detailed explanation-2: -The two-factor theory of emotion asserts that the experience of emotion is determined by the intensity of the arousal we are experiencing, but that the cognitive appraisal of the situation determines what the emotion will be.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two-factor theory of emotion states that emotion is based on two factors: physiological arousal and cognitive label. The theory was created by researchers Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer.

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