1. Chapter 13
Theories of Emotion

2. Chapter 13 Assignment A Penny for your “feelings”
In what emotional state do we spend most of our time?
What causes us to feel the way we do?
As a group, randomly ask 100 people what their last “strong” emotion was and what caused it.
Pay them $.01 for their time

3. Chapter 13 Assignment A Penny for your “feelings”
Compile the data to find the percentages for each emotional state
Determine which of the emotions were sparked by choices made by the person or by things over which they had no control
Develop a graph or chart to report the data
Write a 1-2 page reflection entitled “The __________ of Barrington”

4. Chapter 13 Assignment A Penny for your “feelings”
Staple the graph/chart behind the reflection and submit your report
This assignment is due Thursday, March 13

5. Experienced Emotion
The ingredients of emotion

6. Emotion Emotion Three components to emotion physiological arousal
expressive behaviors
conscious experience

7. Emotion Two questions about emotion
Does physiological arousal precede or follow your emotional response?
Does cognition always precede emotion?

8. Question 1
Does physiological arousal precede or follow your emotional response?

9. James-Lange Theory of Emotion
Experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
Fear
(emotion)
Pounding
heart
(arousal)
Sight of
oncoming
car
(perception of
stimulus)

10. Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
Sight of
oncoming
car
(perception of
stimulus)
Pounding
heart
(arousal)
Fear
(emotion)
Emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger:
physiological responses
subjective experience of emotion

11. Question 2
Does cognition always precede emotion?

12. Schachter’s Two-Factor Theory of Emotion
Cognitive
label
“I’m afraid”
Fear
(emotion)
Sight of
oncoming
car
(perception of
stimulus)
Pounding
heart
(arousal)
To experience emotion one must:
be physically aroused
cognitively label the arousal

13. Cognition and Emotion
The brain’s shortcut for emotions

14. Cognition and Emotion

15. Two Dimensions of Emotion
Positive
valence
Negative
High
arousal
Low
pleasant
relaxation
joy
sadness
fear
anger