Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each concept by whether it belongs to the theory of EMOTION or to the study of MEMORY.
Groups: Theory of emotion · Study of memory
- The thalamus triggering arousal and feeling at once
- Equipotentiality
- Cannon-Bard theory
- Hebbian learning ('cells that fire together, wire together')
- James-Lange theory
- Mass action
Hints
- Two founding debates ran in parallel: one about emotion, one about the memory trace.
- James-Lange and Cannon-Bard concern emotion; Lashley's and Hebb's ideas concern the engram.
Show the answer
Theory of emotion: James-Lange theory, Cannon-Bard theory, The thalamus triggering arousal and feeling at once
Study of memory: Mass action, Equipotentiality, Hebbian learning ('cells that fire together, wire together')
Why
James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, and the thalamus account concern emotion; mass action, equipotentiality, and Hebbian learning concern the physical basis of memory (the engram). Keeping the two founding debates distinct is the skill.
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