PSY 324 Lecture Notes - Emotion Recognition, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
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James-lange theory (physiological: starts with an event (bears infront of you), followed by an arousal (increase in cortisol and adrenaline, increase in blood-flow to the muscles, you begin sweating, etc), then the emotion follows the physiological change. Event arousal interpretation feeling: evidence: pure autonomic failure- dysfunction of the ans. Cannon-bard theory (physiological: physiological occurrences do not happen instantaneously, they take time, event produces emotional reaction brain muscles, endocrine, feeling i. e. fear . If appropriate explanation for aroused state exist, the person is unlikely to find alternative cognitive labeling. If no causal explanation for the aroused state, the person will label arousal in terms of available cognitions. Under identical cognitive circumstances the person will only respond with emotional experience to the degree that the person is physiologically excited. Result: epinephrine-ignorant group mirrored confederate (observational rating. *if no causal explanation for the arousal state, the person will label arousal in terms of available cognitions.