-experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli-William James and Carl Lange
-We feel emotion because of biological changes caused by stress
-The body changes and our mind recognizes the feeling
Cannon-Bard Theory
-emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger: physiological responses, subjective experience of emotion
Schachter's Two-Factor Theory
-To experience emotion one must: be physically aroused, cognitively label the arousal
Emotion-Lie Detectors
-Polygraph machine is commonly used in attempts to detect lie
-measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (perspiration, cardiovascular, breathing changes)
Experienced Emotion
- Catharsis: emotional release
- Catharsis Hypothesis: releasing aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges
- Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon: people's tendency to be helpful when in a good mood
- Adaptation-Level Phenomenon: tendency to form judgements relative to a "neutral" level (ex: brightness of lights, volume of sound, level of income)
- defined by our prior experience
- Relative Deprivation: perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself
I found the Fell-good, do-good phenomenon to be the most interesting. I'm pretty sure I fall victim to this phenomenon because when I'm in a happier mood, I will gladly help anyone. The only thing that I'm sort of confused about is the Two-factor theory. Could you elaborate more on that?
ReplyDeleteThe two-factor theory is basically saying that emotion does not only mean feeling arousal; you must also be able to recognize this arousal. So the two factors are arousal and cognition. An example would be if you see a shark in the ocean (event), your heart would start pounding (arousal), you then recognize that your heart racing means that you are afraid (cognitive label). Then you feel afraid (experience emotion).
ReplyDeleteVery nice, but could you give specific examples of Schachter's theory and the Cannon-Bard theory? I would like to see applications of them in action.
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