Practice question · Multiple choice
James-Lange puts arousal before emotion, Cannon-Bard makes them simultaneous, Schachter-Singer needs arousal plus a label. What is the disagreement really about?
Hints
- Ask each theory: what makes fear FEAR rather than anger?
- All three agree the heart races.
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C. Where the content of an emotion comes from
Why
They agree on the physiology and differ on what makes it a specific emotion. Schachter and Singer's bridge study is decisive precisely because it holds arousal fixed and varies only the label.
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