23 Nov Emotion and Motivation

Emotion and Motivation ? Primary focus Emphasis of what might come before the experience of an emotion such as the role of thinking Response correctly describes the sequence of events for your emotional reaction to hearing footsteps behind you late at night for all three theories. Response should focus on when and why we have emotional responses from three perspectives: James-Lange: hear footsteps, then physiological reaction/autonomic arousal such as increased heart rate or walking faster, and then emotion. Cannon-Bard: hear footsteps and then general physiological reaction and emotion simultaneously. Schachter-Singer: hear footsteps then physiological reaction then cognitive label about the situation, followed by emotion. May include how the social or environmental context may prompt you towards labeling your physiological arousal. ? ? ? ..Answer preview Emotions are components which happen to be vital, in that they help us in reasoning, plan for what to do in the future depending on what has ensued in the past and all in all how we are going to relate to the environment we are in and communicate to the others. ?How the Cannon-Bard Theory Work The theory states that after feeling emotions after having experienced physiological reactions like sweating, muscle tension and trembling. APA 398 words