Evaluate Jams-Lange and Cannon Bard theories of emotion.
Emotion Emotion is a basic phenomenon of human functioning, normally having an adaptive value enhancing our effectiveness in pursuing our goals in the broadest sense.
Emotions are generally the result of the appraisal of events.
Dependent on the outcome of appraisal, a coordinated set of responses involving a behavioral and physiological system is triggered Thus, emotions trigger specific action tendencies and the necessary physiological support, facilitating over the action. Emotion refers to an extraordinarily wide variety of responses. For example, “emotion” can refer to sadness during a movie, embarrassment at a colleague’s behavior, enjoyment of a funny e- mail, annoyance at traffic, fear of the stock market declining, guilt at becoming angry with a parent, or relief at a benign diagnosis. These emotions vary, among other things, in whether they are mild or intense, negative or positive, public or private, short or long, and primary (initial emotional reaction) or secondary (an emotional reaction to an emotional reaction). Love is an example of an emotion, but what is an emotion? It is that emotions are most typically caused by evaluations psychologists also call them appraisals of events in relation to what is important to us: our goals, our concerns, our aspirations. Emotions may include bodily changes such as a glow and smile of happiness, the pounding heart of anxiety, the clenched fist of anger. The common idea that when we see a bear in the woods, we are frightened and therefore run is quite wrong, said James. We see the bear and run. The fear is the perception of our body arousing itself for the emergency and moving to escape. Although the evidence to support the order of events that James postulated is somewhat equivocal, most modern theorists accept that emotions involve both mind and body.
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