Emotions

Theories about emotion

100

What comes first in every theory?

Stimulus/Event

200

What comes second in every theory? 

Perception/Awareness

300

What century was the James Lange Theory created in?

1800's

400

Describe the steps in the James Lange Theory (JLT)

1. Event/Stim

2. Perc./Awareness

3. Physical Reaction

4. Emotional response

500

Describe the traditional view of emotions.

1. Event/Stimulus

2. Perc./Awareness

3. Emotional response

4. Physical reaction

Evidence for JLT

100

Define the facial feedback hypothesis

Facial movements or expressions can influence one's emotional disposition

200

Describe the pencil studies

People who faked smiles (put a pencil between their teeth) amplified happy emotions, while people with mad faces (people who put a pencil between their upper up and noses) amplified negative emotions

300

What were the results of the studies done on Botox patients?

People's intensity of emotions decreased, and they had a harder time recognizing emotions.

400

What is pure autonomic failure and what were the results of the studies done on bells palsy?

They have no sympathetic response.

People's intensity of emotions decreased, and they had a harder time recognizing emotions.

500

Why is Panic disorder evidence for JLT?

Because the dramatic, sudden sympathetic activation ALWAYS comes before an extreme sense of fear.