Emotion

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Emotion

A subjective experience accompanied by distinctive cognition, behavior, and physiological changes

Must be experienced in the body; involves characteristics of valence and arousal

Examples of high arousal, positive valence emotions

Excited, astonished, aroused, delighted, glad, happy

Examples of low arousal, positive valence emotions

Pleased, satisfied, content, serene, calm, at ease, relaxed, sleepy

Examples of high arousal, negative valence emotions

Alarmed, afraid, angry, tense, distressed, annoyed, frustrated

Examples of low arousal, negative valence emotions

Miserable, depressed, sad, bored, gloomy, droopy, tired

Emotion theories

All theories of emotion involve a stimulus, a physiological state, and an emotional experience; the difference lies in which comes first (informs cause and effect)

James-Lange theory, Cannon-Bard theory, Schacter & Singer two factor theory

James-Lange theory of emotion

The stimulus first triggers a physiological response in the body which in turn triggers the emotional experience in the brain; the rapid heartbeat produces the fear

Cannon-Bard theory of emotion

The stimulus simultaneously triggers the physiological response in the body and triggers the emotional experience in the brain; they are parallel processes

Schacter & Singer two factor theory of emotion

Emotions are based on inferences about the causes of general physiological reactions; it has to involve a cognitive appraisal of the current context