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EMPOWERING PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE 3.

Schachter-Singer Theory
(Stanley Schachter & Jerome Singer)
"Feelings are really your GPS system for life" - focuses on the role of cognition
- Oprah Winfrey - Physical components happen first then the
cognitive components evaluates the physical
"The bamboo that bends stronger than the oak changes so you can describe the emotion
never resists" - this theory also explains that you identify the
emotion by observing the environment and
- Japanese proverb comparing yourself with others.

4. Lazarus Theory
L1: UNDERSTANDING OUR EMOTION - you evaluate the situation first then the
Emotion (feelings or affect) cognitive appraisal determines the emotional
- etymologically means excite (emouvoir) and response you would have and what type of
move out (emovere) that can be basic as fear reponse it is. The physical component will
and as complex as nostalgia follow.

3 MAJOR COMPONENTS THE BRAIN, ANS, AND EMOTIONS


1. Physical change (Physiological arousal) > Amygdala
- bodily changes/psychological change that - center of emotions like aggression & anger.
accompanies the emotion - Fear initially activates the amygdala that
ex: rapid heart beating, breathing deeply, crying would also lead to a behavioral component of
emotion.
2. Cognitive Component
- evaluates, interprets and identifies the type & Frontal lobes
intensity of the emotion. The description of the - the ones responsible for the motor response in
emotion depends on thoughts, beliefs and a situation (run, hide, fight from fear)
expectations
> Autonomic Nervous system (ANS)
3. behavioral (outward expression of feelings) - sympathetic branch (physical component of
- emotions are expressed through facial emotions)
expressions, gestures, tone of voice Ex: increase heart rate, respiration, fight/flight
response
THEORIES OF EMOTIONS
1. James-Lange Theory (William James & Carl - Parasympathetic branch (as soon as you feel
Lange) relaxed and rested, this branch reverses the
- proposes that you evaluate the way you feel effect that allows you to make an appropriate
based on physical sensation response to emotional stimulation)
- The physical components happen even before
you identify the emotion

2. Cannon-Bard Theory (Philip Bard & Walter


Cannon)
- emotions are created from independent and
simultaneous stimulation of the cerebral cortex
& ANS
: Physical and emotional components happen at
the same time

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