Psychology --> physiological aspects and theories of emotion

James-Lange Theory

our experience of emotion is caused as a result of a physiological change; a stimulus causes our body to respond first which then causes our emotion

Cannon-Bard Theory

our experience of emotion occurs simultaneously with a physiological response; a stimulus causes our body response and emotion at the same time; the neutral response to this event stimulates autonomic nervous system

Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

our experience of emotion is caused by simultaneous physiological response and cognitive labeling; combines the two previous theories and adds cognition

Spillover Effect

theory that emotional arousal spills over from one event to the next

Zajonc-LeDoux Theory of Emotion

we actually have many emotional reactions apart from, or even before our conscious interpretation of a situation

Richard Lazarus

considered that our own brain processes vast amounts of information without our conscious awareness, and that some emotional responses do not require conscious thinking

high road

a longer, slower, indirect way, but provides more detailed information about a stimulus and allows conscious awareness and assessment of it

low road

an automatic, fast-acting, and unconscious brain pathway that processes emotions and sensory information before we are consciously aware of them