The Two Factor Theory of Human Emotion

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/psycexplorer/id389372937?mt=8 Where do our emotions come from? From our thoughts? Or do they begin somewhere else -- like in our bodies? This week we look at the work of James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, and Schachter and Singer. Also, I review two classic studies in the history of psychology: the Suproxin study (the basis for the well known (two factor theory of emotion) and the Suspension Bridge study.

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• suproxin
• james-lange
• cannon-bard
• emotion

[sweetsugalipsify]

thank you for this video very helpful

[rodolfo1114]

@sweetsugalipsify Glad to hear it. I know that the theories of emotion can be hard to understand so I hope this video helps.

[Guava5595]

Gosh this is so helpful! Going to help me pass my exam.

[socint74]

@danmeast I regard emotion as being limited to the initial perception of threat or promise, the physiological changes induced via the amygdala and the subjects awareness of such changes. Increased heart beat, heightened adrenalin flow etc.are features of the changes induced. Facial expressions, body language, mood, reaction and behavior are indeed reactions to emotion -not emotion per se. My call is to set clear paramaters between emotion and the various potential reactions to its impact..

[danmeast]

@socint74 Do you also include physiological actions like beating of the heart and sweaty palms along with facial expressions as being reactions to emotion rather than being emotion themselves?

[socint74]

body language, facial expressios and behavior which follow emotional impact have labels as "emotions & "emotional states". When you critically examine those labels each and every one are areas of experience charged by an initial perception of threat or promise. The feelings and thoughts experienced last until we re-act or accommodate the associated situation. The term emotion is historically misunderstood and is grossly misused in literature and every day language, i.e. semantic sloppiness!

[socint74]

@rodolfo1114 body language, facial expressions and behavior which follow from emotional impact have labels as "emotions",&"emotional states". When you critically examine those labels each and every one are areas of experience charged by an initial perception of threat or promise.. The feelings and thoughts experienced last until we re-act or accommodate the associated situation. The term "emotion" is historically misunderstood and grossly misused in language. i.e. Semantic sloppiness!..

[socint74]

@rodolfo1114. Arousal can only occur following appraisal of an eliciting stimulus. Such appraisal is a cognitive function( however limited or brief ),creating a perception by the subject of threat or promise. This initiates the physiological changes equipping us to best cope with what is threatend or perceived as promising.. Emotion is no more and no less than this initial perception and the physiological changes which follow.. Subsequent moods, stress, excitation (cont/d)......

[dom214]

@rodolfo1114 would you be able to make a video describing the movements and interactions of neurotransmitters that make up various emotions? I don't know about everyone else, but something like that sounds very interesting.

[thelucidconspiracist]

Wonderful :) Thanks for making these videos.

[sweetsugalipsify]

@rodolfo1114 u explained that so much better than my professor..... it all makes sense now do u think you could make a video explaining the plausibility of the theory in light of what is known about the neural basis of emotion?