Which theory emphasizes labeling arousal and environment to label emotion?

Which theory emphasizes labeling arousal and environment to label emotion?

• A. James-Lange theory of emotion
• B. Schachter-Singer theory
• C. Conscious mind
• D. Cannon-Bard theory of emotion

Answer: (B)

Two-factor theory of emotion holds that emotional experience comes from a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive labeling based on the surrounding situation. The arousal itself is nonspecific, so you interpret what’s happening around you and assign an emotional meaning to that arousal. In other words, you feel your body respond, then you decide what emotion it is by looking at the environment and labeling the cause. This explains why labeling arousal and the environment leads to an emotion: the same bodily sensations can be interpreted as fear in one context and excitement in another, depending on cues from the situation. By contrast, the idea that emotion comes from perceiving bodily changes alone (without label) is James-Lange, and the idea that arousal and emotion occur simultaneously but independently is Cannon-Bard. The conscious mind view isn’t a standard emotion theory.

Two-factor theory of emotion holds that emotional experience comes from a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive labeling based on the surrounding situation. The arousal itself is nonspecific, so you interpret what’s happening around you and assign an emotional meaning to that arousal. In other words, you feel your body respond, then you decide what emotion it is by looking at the environment and labeling the cause. This explains why labeling arousal and the environment leads to an emotion: the same bodily sensations can be interpreted as fear in one context and excitement in another, depending on cues from the situation. By contrast, the idea that emotion comes from perceiving bodily changes alone (without label) is James-Lange, and the idea that arousal and emotion occur simultaneously but independently is Cannon-Bard. The conscious mind view isn’t a standard emotion theory.