Emotions and religion Text, Body, emotions, …

Concept of Emotion A class of subjective feeling elicited by stimuli that have high significance to an individual stimuli that produce high arousal generally produce strong feelings are rapid and automatic emerged through natural selection to benefit survival and reproduction

Theories of Emotion Common sense might suggest that the perception of a stimulus elicits emotion which then causes bodily arousal Perception (Interpretation of stimulus-- danger) Stimulus (Tiger) Emotion (Fear) Bodily arousal (Pounding heart) Common-Sense Theory

James’s Peripheral Feedback Theory perception of a stimulus causes bodily arousal which leads to emotion Perception (Interpretation of stimulus-- danger) Stimulus (Tiger) Emotion (Fear) Bodily arousal (Pounding heart) James’s Theory

Theories of Emotions

Schachter’s Cognition-Plus- Feedback Theory Perception and thought about a stimulus influence the type of emotion felt Degree of bodily arousal influences the intensity of emotion felt – Laird: facial feedback theory Schachter’s Theory Type Intensity Emotion (Fear) Perception (Interpretation of stimulus-- danger) Stimulus (Tiger) Bodily arousal (Pounding heart)

Theories of Emotions Theories of emotion Schachter-Singer theory of emotion A two-stage theory stating that for an emotion to occur, there must be (1) physiological arousal and (2) an explanation for the arousal

Theories of Emotions

Theories of emotion Schachter-Singer theory of emotion A two-stage theory stating that for an emotion to occur, there must be (1) physiological arousal and (2) an explanation for the arousal Accounts for subjective interpretation Does not account for specific physiological states associated with some emotions