Question

Cassandra's mother told her, "You know you are in love when your heart beats fast and you experience that unique trembling feeling inside." This remark best illustrates the ___________ theory of emotion.

Answer 1

Answer: James-Lange Theory

Explanation: According to this theory, an external stimulus leads to a physiological reaction. Your emotional reaction depends upon how you interpret those physical reactions.

Answer 2

James Lange theory of emotions

Explanation:

James Lange's theory of emotions proposed that emotions are equivalent to the physiological arousal that leads to emotions like fear, anger, happiness, etc that are caused by external factors.

This theory was opposed to the common-sense theory of experience in which cause and effect relation saw that manifested the experience of emotions. The autonomic activities and the physiological activities induced the feeling of emotions.

For instance:

Angry bull-physiological reaction-feeling of fear