Embodied Emotion

What does the James-Lange Theory propose?

Emotional experience results from perceiving physiological changes in the body following a stimulus

What’s the order of James-Lange Theory?

Stimulus, bodily response, then emotional experience

What’s the relevance of James-Lange Theory?

Makes the body important to emotion, emotion isn’t simply a mental event that subsequently commands the body to react but bodily changes contribute to what the emotional experience is

What extends the James-Lange Theory?

Schachter’s Two-Factor Theory, he agrees that bodily arousal matters but itself doesn’t adequately explain which emotion we’re experiencing

What is Schachter's Two-Factor Theory?

Proposes