THEORIES OF EMOTION

Theories of emotion

Theories of emotion

Introduction

The main theories of emotion consider it a good physiological sense, either cognitive or as a result of the interaction of physical and mental. 

James-Lange theory (Feelings are a physical product)

Two scientists who worked at the same time, the psychologist Carl Lange (1885), reached similar views so that we can consider their contributions together. Essentially, both questioned the traditional assumption that a first live event (for example, we were approached by a thief), thereupon feel the emotion, (fear) and then experienced the physiological sensations associated with this emotion (the heart beats faster, breathing speeds up, etc.). Then, ...