Comparing Original Hypothesis Of Schachter And Singer

In class we discussed the three main theories of emotion: the James Lange, Cannon Bard, and the Two Factor. The James Lange theory believes people's emotions follow, rather than cause, behavioral reactions to situations. The Cannon-Bard theory suspects emotions accompany the bodily responses that are aroused by an external stimulus. Similarly, the Two Factor theory believes an emotion is

In this article, Singer argues that prosperous people should give all money not used on necessities to charity. This bold argument will either persuade or disinterest someone fully. There are many pros and cons of Singer’s argument.

Initially the participants have been told that they were treated for “bad blood”, but they did not receive any treatment from the experiment (“About,” n.d.; “The Tuskegee,” n.d.).

In “Beyond General Arousal: Effects of Specific Emotions on Memory” (1997), Linda J. Levine and Stewart L. Burgess declare that the different types of emotions have different effects on recalling information. Levine and Burgess conducted a study of male and female students listening to a narrative and asked the students to write down as much as they can remember. Before the students listened to the narrative, they received their grades on the surprise quiz which was given a few days ago and two-thirds of the students received “D’s”. Levine and Burgess held this study in order to evoke anger and sadness from the students for a better analysis on the effects of memory. This strategy is meant to change the students’ emotions if they were in a positive

The four major theories of emotion are the James-Lange theory, the Cannon-Bard theory, the Schacter-Singer theory, and the Lazarus theory. The James-Lange theory claims that an event first causes physiological arousal and also a physical response.  It is not until then that the person interprets the physical response as an emotion. The Cannon-Bard theory states that emotion -provoking stimuli are received by the senses and are then relayed simultaneously to the cerebral cortex, which provides the conscious mental experience of the emotion, and to the sympathetic nervous system, which produces the physiological state of arousal. The Schacter-Singer theory states that for an emotion to occur there must first be a physiological arousal, and second there must be an explanation for the arousal. The Lazarus theory is the theory that an emotion-provoking stimulus triggers a cognitive appraisal, which is followed by the emotion and physiological arousal. The most valid theory of emotion is the Cannon-Bard theory. He says that being afraid of something not only constitutes emotional fear, but it also brings about a rapid heartbeat. Concurring with the Cannon-Bard theory, we have a many different nerve systems within the human body that can be triggered simultaneously. This theory is more valid then the rest simply because of the adrenaline that is release into your body when excited or in the mist of eminent danger. The

Before putting this to effect, the drug had to be tested to see possible drastic side

The informed consent were not obtained for the participants to engage in the experiment at their own free will, instead they were deceived and made to belief that they were benefitting, such experiment which has become widely known

The men involved in the experiment were told they were being treated for “bad blood”, a term used to describe syphilis, anemia and fatigue. They were under the impression that the doctors conducting the

Despite the participants’ feelings of being uneasy after hearing screams from the other room, they all continue with the experiment after the conductor instructs them to. Having the conductor of the experiment in the

Singer's solution may have good intentions, but the plan is not plausible because there is no real way to implement it. Poverty and sickness is everywhere, and we should try to help in any way we can. However, taking the money that people worked hard for and having them give it away to people they’ve never met seems like the rock that will cause the rockslide. First, people are selfish, and many will not be willing to give up their luxuries just to give it away to others. Men and women work hard for the things they want. It’ll be hard to change people to give instead of wanting to get. Second, the nation's economy depends on the extra money people make. American consumers make up the majority of economic force in this country. If Americans

For decades social psychologists have scrutinized the impact of priming on an individual's behaviour. "Priming" indicates to the trigger of certain traits by controlling environmental factors. Recent studies have surfaced the finding that a desired behaviour can be brought about in an individual by the mere presence of relevant situational factors .The extent to which a person has control over his or her emotions is still under a lot of scrutiny. However it is proven through numerous studies carried out by many researchers that many of the behaviour brought about by an individual are voluntary in nature. This experiment is carried out to investigate this very concept of psychology.

At least two members of a family were needed for the experiments to be done. Often, a mother and child or two siblings would be chosen for the experiment. Often, the people that were being tested had no knowledge of what was happening. The poison would most likely be injected into their food and they would be monitored closely after the meal. If there were any changes in behavior or health, the person would be brought directly to the doctors (Tyson).

Researchers have debated about the phenomenon with emotions. Debates on this topic have and will continue to for many more years. Researchers have attempted to understand why one has emotions and came up with the five different theories. The first theory is the James-Lange theory, which argues that an event can cause physiological arousal first and, it can be interpret this as an arousal. Second theory is the Cannon-Bard theory that argues that all humans experience a physiological arousal and an emotional one at the same time. It still does not give any attention to the role of the thoughts or an outward

In the next paragraphs I will consider some theories, factors and evidence on cognitive controlling of emotion in terms of

For many people, they live their lives based on emotions. Emotions of happiness, love, success, and many more, could possibly be the most satisfying feelings. Except we commonly experience unpleasant emotions. There are emotions of anger, hatred, sadness, and disgrace. A very important question in the understanding of the human mind and highly related to cognitive science, is how do these emotions affect human cognition and the impact on our abilities to be rational? To tackle this question, we need to understand what emotions are, but not solely in the manner we are all familiar with, we need to understand them from a cognitive nature involving our physiology, psychology, and environment. Cognition, according to the Oxford definition