![]() You then experience fear.ĮXAMPLE: You are walking down a dark alley late at night. You notice these physiological changes and interpret them as your body's preparation for a fearful situation. You hear footsteps behind you and you begin to tremble, your heart beats faster, and your breathing deepens. If the arousal is not noticed or is not given any thought, then we will not experience any emotion based on this event.ĮXAMPLE: You are walking down a dark alley late at night. Only after our interpretation of the arousal can we experience emotion. The James-Lange theory of emotion argues that an event causes physiological arousal first and then we interpret this arousal. ![]() ![]() Emotion is a complex psycho-physiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences.
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