PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Effective Schools, Botulinum Toxin, Relative Deprivation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

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Fear of losing john: but do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)he(cid:396)e ea(cid:272)h pa(cid:396)t goes a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) the(cid:455) fit togethe(cid:396, does bodily arousal come before or after emotional feelings, ex. Did i first notice my racing heart and faster step, then feel terror about losing. John: or did i first sense fear which caused heart to race, how do thinking (cognition) and feeling interact, does cognition come before emotion, did i think about kidnapping threat before reacting emotionally, historical emotion theories. James-lange theory - arousal comes before emotion: william james and carl lange, theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses (actions) to emotion-arousing stimuli. Feelings/emotions come first, then conscious awareness of our state of mind: ex. Feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble: opposite belief to common sense. First comes conscious awareness of our state of mind, then we react with feelings/emotions: ex.