Introduction to Psychology

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Figure 10.4 Three Theories of Emotion


The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that emotions and arousal occur at the same time. The James-Lange theory
proposes the emotion is the result of arousal. Schachter and Singer’s two-factor model proposes that arousal and
cognition combine to create emotion.

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