Running head: What are emotions? What are Emotions? University of Phoenix Jessika Morgan Emotions are defined as “an affective state of consciousness in which joy‚ sorrow‚ fear‚ hate‚ or the like‚ is experienced‚ as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness (Dictionary.com). Emotions are part of our existence as human beings. They are part of what separates us from others. Emotions can be considered to be universal‚ but everyone’s are different. Imagine a world
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Theories of emotion The James-Lange Theory American Psychologist William James and the Danish Psychologist Carl Lange. James-Lange theory holds that physiological response give rise to our cognitive experience of emotion. Our body responds to a perception of an event before we experience the emotion. James-Lange Theory: 1. Event 2. Arousal 3. Emotion Example: The dog is growling; My muscles tense; My heart races; I feel afraid. The Cannon-Bard Thalamic Theory Walter Cannon a psychologist
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The Four Theories of Emotion The four main theories of emotion are interesting views of four scholarly psychologists. The theories are the James-Lange theory‚ the Cannon-Bard theory‚ the Schacter-Singer theory‚ and the Lazarus theory. Each of these four theories explains the order of events that occur when an emotion is present. Each theory is a hypothesis waiting to be tested out. Each of these theories is held by a psychologist(s). The psychologists no matter how far past our time they
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Theory of Emotion Name Institutional Affiliation Theories of Emotion One of the most outstanding theories of learning in the field of psychology is the cognitive theory. This theory attempts to explain the behavior of human beings through an evaluation and recognition of their thought process. According to cognitive theorists‚ the thoughts of an individual are the single most crucial determinants of the behaviors and emotions of an individual. Consequently‚ these thoughts are responsible for the
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question we must understand what emotion is. Emotion as we know it is a persons state of feeling. Scientific reasoning has drifted to different meanings and there is no consensus on a definition in the scientific community. “Emotion is often conjoined with mood‚ temperament‚ personality‚ and motivation” Wikipedi. Fear is an emotion we are all very familiar with. But how we really know what fear is? This paper will help unravel the misconceptions and false ideas on emotion and fear and brig to light to
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Emotions seem to rule our every day life. We make all of our decisions based on whether we feel happy‚ sad‚ scared‚ angry or disgusted. An emotion is a complex psychological state that involves three distinct components: a subjective experience‚ a psychological response‚ and a behavioural or expressive response (Hockenbury & Hockenbury‚ 2007). Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is the father of emotion; he published the first ever book about the study of biopsychology of emotion - “The Expression of Emotions
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The introduction to the "theory of descriptions" was written by Bertrand Russell in an article titled "On Denoting" in 1905 and is one of the most studied chapters in analytic philosophy. It is said‚ "...the choice of whether to accept or reject Russell ’s theory has had profound consequences for our philosophy of language‚ epistemology‚ and metaphysics." One of Russell ’s motivations for developing the "theory of descriptions" was his abandonment of his "theory of denoting concepts‚" which is
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There are three significant theories of emotion that attempt to describe and explain the way we respond emotionally to stimuli. The first theory was created by William James and Carl Lange and is known as the James-Lange theory. They believed that our body responds first and then we interpret that response in an emotion. Alternatively‚ the second theory created by Walter Cannon and Philip Bard was called the Cannon-Bard theory and claimed that we have a bodily and emotional response simultaneously
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in Descartes as well as in Spinoza a set of passions2 out or by means of which further‚ in some sense more complex or specific passions are being developed from. What will be my guiding interest in this essay‚ is to compare and distinguish the two theories of passion according to the sense in which basic or primary passions are named thus and the way they are being discovered or identified and thereby hinting at a difference on the more general level of methodology. I want to begin with what is a starting
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31 Functions of emotions : * Preparing us for action. Emotions act as a link between events in our environment and our responses. * Shaping our future behavior. Emotions promote learning that will help us make appropriate responses in the future. * Helping us interact more efficiently with others. We ooften communicate the emotion we experience through our verbal and nonverbal behaviors‚ making our emotions obvious to observers. Determining the Range of Emotions: Labeling Our Feelings
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