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Theories of EmotionUnit 8B
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Theories of emotions
•Emotion•Physiological arousal•Expressive behavior•Conscious
experience
•Common sense theory
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Theories of emotions
•James-Lange theory
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Theories of emotions
•James-Lange theory
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Theories of emotions
•James-Lange theory
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Theories of emotions
•Cannon-Bard theory
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Theories of emotions
•Cannon-Bard theory
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Theories of emotions
•Two-factor theory•Schachter-Singer
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Theories of emotions
•Two-factor theory•Schachter-Singer
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Theories of emotions
•Two-factor theory•Schachter-Singer
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Embodied EmotionUnit 8B
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Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System
•Autonomic nervous system•Sympathetic nervous system
•arousing
•Parasympathetic nervous system•Calming
•Moderate arousal is ideal
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Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System
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Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System
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Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System
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Physiological Similarities Among Specific Emotions
•Different movie experiment
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Physiological Differences Among Specific Emotions
•Differences in brain activity•Amygdala•Frontal lobes
•Nucleus accumbens
•Polygraph
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Cognition and EmotionCognition Can Define Emotion
•Spill over effect•Schachter-Singer experiment
•Arousal fuels emotions, cognition channels it
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Cognition and EmotionCognition Does Not Always Precede Emotion
•Influence of the amygdala