AP Psych: Emotion/pitch theories/color vision theories

Physiological

Theory that emotion is based on biological responses

Cognitive/label

Theory that emotion is based on interpretation of biological responses/identifies those reponses

Facial feedback hypothesis

Theory that facial expressions affect our emotions

Broaden-and-build

Theory that positive emotions expand our awareness

Place theory

Theory that different regions of the ear respond to different frequencies

Frequency theory

Theory that nerves fire at frequency of sound(only works for low pitch)

Trichromatic theory

Theory that different eye cones are sensitive to different colors of light(blue, green, red)

Opponent-process theory

Theory that eye cones have color pairs, with only one activated at a time—responsible for afterimages