My Favorite Theory, Anger And Happiness, By Paul Ekman And Wallace Friesen

Emotions have many factors. One of the factors is internal physiological changes, such as increased heart rate, dilated pupils, and increase in adrenaline secretion. Another emotional factor is nonverbal reactions. Nonverbal reactions are external physical changes, such as, blushing, posture, and facial expressions. Cognitive interpretations is used to define our emotions, and Verbal expressions are used to express our emotions through words.

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

My therapeutic approach focuses on the emotions and is based on the physiological and neurological models of behavioral response rather than on the cognitive model. From this science backed biological perspective, emotions are at the heart of life's regulatory processes of all living creatures, regardless of whether we are talking about emotions that are genetically determined, or those that are somehow the result of a cognitive process.

Our emotions in many cases affect our perception of events as well as the actions that we take ourselves by permeating our way of thinking, and therefore affecting each thing that we do in that moment. In particular, emotions about the perception of ourselves have been shown to have both the ability to positively and negatively affect our actions and performances in life. This is what can be

Cannon-Bard Theory is a physiological explanation of emotion stating that we feel emotions and experience physiological reactions such as sweating, trembling and muscle tension. For example you are on a camping trip with your family and you go off to find a place to use the bathroom and you see a huge grizzly bear and you feel afraid and you tense in readiness to run away as fast as you can.

When it comes to emotion it comes all natural when it comes sensation and perception it mentions emotion threat I tends to set influences how we interpret stimuli situations. Emotion our driving force in our daily lives it goes thought the brain and our body.as in the book sayswhen the stress dies down (the speech is over), your parasympathetic nervous system will calm you, conversing your energy as it decreases your heartbeat, loers your bllodsuger, and so on.”neverhelss sympathetic nerous system would be the opposite of parasympathetic It demonstrates and show overlaps with motivation to the situation it would arouse you more enertic and wil increase our heartbeat. Which is like dopamine which influences movemtn, learing, attention and emotion.

The human face is dynamically expressive. With the forty-two muscles of the face constantly moving, minute variations in expression can convey an expansive breadth of emotion. Despite this, some individuals seem to be able to utilize these muscles far better than others. Some individuals naturally seem to emit more emotional exuberance through their face, than others. Thus, an inquiry into the perceived degrees of emotions conjured on an individual’s face could have vast implications. Ebner, He & Johnson (2011) conducted an experiment, which sought to test our cognitive system’s sensitivity to the differences in the levels of emotion that younger faces conveyed, when compared to older faces. They

Hence, it all comes down to how people control their emotions and how they choose to portray what they are feeling. Emotional responses are both physiological and psychological. These responses influence perception, learning, and performance. People commonly experience negative emotions such

Amygdala, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and hypothalamus are the main four brain regions involved in how we experience emotions (Feist et al., 2015). One way to explain emotions is to describe them as adaptations to the problems that our ancestors experienced. This model explains emotions as evolutionary adaptations (Feist et al., 2015). In this model, emotions affect physiological systems in ways to help us “deal efficiently with critical situations” (Feist et al., 2015). For example, when we sense danger, our circulatory system, respiratory system, and muscles work harder to help us escape from the danger. In this case, a set of adaptations is associated with a certain emotion (i.e. fear) and thus, emotions can be explained as evolutionary adaptations, allowing us to cope with the

However, Cannon – Brad theory argues against the initial idea by James – Lange and claims that emotion and our body experience work independently from each other and neither of them is caused by the other. “This means that our brain cannot just rely on our bodily responses to know which emotion we are experiencing… Both the experience of the emotion and the bodily response occur at the same time independently of each other.” (Sato, 2010)

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

During the 1900s, the James-Lange theory proposed by William James and Carl Lange was one of the prominent theories of emotions. The theory states our physical reaction to something will cause us to feel emotions. William James explained, "My thesis, on the contrary, is that directly, the bodily changes follow the PERCEPTION of the exciting fact and that our feeling of the same changes as they occur IS the emotion." Walter Cannon and Philip Bard (1898 – 1977) theory of emotion is all about your emotions and how your body reacts simultaneously to that emotion even if your reaction is not clearly visible. Some physical reactions maybe sweating, trembling, heart rate increasing or decrease, blood flow and amongst other numerous possibilities. An example of that based on my own personal experience is my fear of public speaking. My immediate reaction to that fear is I break out into a cold sweat and my heart rate increases. In the article Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage: an account of recent researches into the function of emotional excitement by Water B. Cannon it gives the reader some insight on how emotions affect things in your

Psychologists have long debated the role physiological, cognitive and behavioural factors play in emotions. Originally believed to be a physiological experience, research now suggests that emotions are an interaction of both physiological and cognitive factors. Different theories debate the role and primacy of each.

Psychology primarily recognizes seven emotions: anger, disgust, fear, surprise, contempt, happiness, and sadness. Emotional responses are the internal or external response to an event. Two responses can include the adaption-level phenomenon and relative deprivation. The adaption-level phenomenon is related to the emotion of happiness. The phenomenon is when a person judges various stimuli in comparison with experiences of their past. People learn to adapt to new situations through this phenomenon and learn to display a neutral emotion based on past incidents. When a person receives a pay increase, they soon become neutral to the increase and may even become dissatisfied. Unlike adaption-level, relative deprivation is explained when a person perceives that they are worse off than those they compare themselves against. According to the article, An Emotion Perspective on Emotion Regulation, the importance of certain emotional concerns of others may be chronic, in regards to a central individual or culture, and they may be centered on situational events (Mesquita. 2011). When a person perceives that the neighbors are doing better economically, a person may feel disappointed in their own achievements.

Chapter 1 explains the work of a Harvard psychologist named William James. William published the article “What is an Emotion?” in a philosophical journal entitled Mind in 1884. His paper is an argument for the primacy and necessity of bodily systems in producing emotional feelings. James-Lange theory states that physiological arousal instigates the experience of emotion. A Harvard physiologist, Walter Cannon, roundly criticized James’ theory, claiming that, according to the Cannon Bard theory, physiological changes follow emotional expression.