Question

Best friends Hurley and Sayid are lost on a remote island in the south Pacific. While they are walking, they unexpectedly see a stranger coming toward them. Hurley believes the stranger is about to attack them. Sayid believes the stranger is about to greet them and welcome them to the island. As the stranger approaches, Hurley experiences fear, but Sayid experiences happiness. The friends’ different emotional reactions can be explained by the ________ theory of emotion.

Answer 1

Affect Theory

Step-by-step explanation:

Affect theory seeks to organize affects, sometimes used with emotions and feelings, into separate categories. The theory was discovered by Silvan Tomkins. According to him, there are nine affects which are characterized by their intensity and physiological expression. He divided the emotions into three classes which include positive, neutral, and negative. Hurley experienced negative emotions while his friend experienced positive emotions upon seeing the stranger.