Psychology GCSE
James-Lange theory of emotion
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An event first produces a physiological response, and the brain interprets that bodily change as an emotion, so the sequence is stimulus, then physiological arousal, then interpretation, then the felt emotion.
Topics that use James-Lange theory of emotion
- Brain and neuropsychology (AQA GCSE)
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