emotion psychology
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Arya Mahila P.G. College Department of Psychology
Paper: Minor elective Basic Psychological Process
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Puja Ma’m Pooja Rai
Department of Psychology M.A. Ist Sem.
Emotions
Emotion is the generic term for subjective, conscious experience that
is characterized primarily by psychological expressions, biological
reactions, and mental states.
Types of Emotions
Theories of Emotions
Many different theories have been proposed, but
among these , three have been most influential.
These are known , after the scientists who
proposed them, as the
Cannon-Bard Theory
James-Lange Theory
Schachter -Singer Theory.
A fourth theory – The Opponent-Process Theory
Cannon Bard Theory
A theory of emotion suggesting
that various emotions-provoking
events simultaneously produce
physiological arousal and
subjective reactions labeled as
emotions.
Pictorial Representation
Pictorial Representation
James-Lange Theory
A theory of emotions suggesting that emotion-provoking events produce various physiological reactions and that recognition
of these is responsible for subjective emotions
experiences.
Pictorial Representation
Pictorial Representaion
Facial feedback hypothesis
A hypothesis indicating that facial
expressions can produce changes in
emotional states. (Laird,1985 &
McIntosh, 1992)
Schachter-Singer Two-factor
Theory
A theory of emotion suggesting that our subjective emotional states are determined , at least in part, by the cognitive labels
we attach to feelings of arousal; also known as two-factor
theory .
Pictorial Representation
Opponent-Process Theory
A theory suggesting that any
emotional reaction is followed
automatically by an opposite
reaction and repeated exposure to a
stimulus causes the initial reaction
to weaken and the opponent
process, or opposite reaction , to
strengthen .
Understanding Opponent-
Process TheoryProvides important insight into drug
addiction.
For instance, heroin users initially experience
intense pleasure followed by unpleasant
sensation of withdrawal.
With repeated use of drug, pleasure become
less intense and the unpleasant
withdrawal reactions strengthen.
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