EmbodiedEmotionAlexis Robinson

Emotion occurs when a person encounters a stimulus, like the feeling of butterflies in

your stomach when your crush walks by.

Some are more difficult to perceive like the neurons activated within the brain and this is

called Embodied Emotion.

Our physiological activity is controlled by the autonomic nervous system’s sympathetic (arousing) and parasympathetic (calming) divisions.

Sympathetic Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFXaGlxlU9Y

While the young boy eats the candy he expresses his arousal through his lowering eyebrows and exceedingly red cheeks.

Parasympathetic Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFXaGlxlU9Y

As the baby becomes relaxed he no longer flails his arms and legs.Now he has become relaxed and even nods his head to the soothing music.

There are three theories on the basis of Embodied Emotion:

Two-Factor Theory

Cannon-Bard Theory

James – Lang Theory

Two-Factor Theory Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer

proposed another theory

stating that emotions have two

factors – physical arousal

and cognitive label . Your pounding heart

signifies you are afraid thus evoking

fear.

Cannon-Bard Theory Walter Cannon

and Phillip Bard believed

that an emotion driven stimulus and the body’s

arousal take place at the same time.

Your pounding heart

simultaneously evokes the emotion of

fear.

James-Lang TheoryWilliam James and

Carl Lange believed that physiological

activity precedes the

emotional experience. Your

heart starts to pound and once put into the

context of the situation you feel

fear.

Similarities on EmotionsEmotions are can often

evoke the same response. Three emotions—

fear, anger, and sexual arousal—produce similar physiological

responses that are nearly indistinguishable

to an untrained observer.

1. A young child has come face to face with their biggest fear this willevoke what type of arousal:

a) Sympathetic b) Parasympatheticc) Fight or Flight

2. Which is the best example ofParasympathetic Arousal:

a) Your pupils dilate while watching a scary movie.

b) While walking through a dark alley you are suddenly frightened by a prior unseen stranger.

c) A baby is soothed by the voice of its mother after getting a shot.

3. Compare and contrast the theories of James-Lange and Cannon-Bard.

4. What are three emotions you find indistinguishable and what similar feeling do they evoke?

5. When running a mile in a

secluded park you are encountered by stray dog, you began to feel the jitters and then put those emotions into context. a) James-Lange Theoryb) Two- Factor Theoryc) Cannon-Bard

6. What are embodied emotion?

How do they apply to the everyday feelings we

encounter ? 7. Classify the following

responses as either sympathetic or parasympathetic.• Dilated Pupils• Increased Salivation• Slowed Heart Rate• Rapid Eye Movement • Perspiration

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