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Emotions and religion

Emotions and religion. Text, Body, emotions, …. Concept of Emotion. A class of subjective feeling elicited by stimuli that have high significance to an individual stimuli that produce high arousal generally produce strong feelings are rapid and automatic

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Emotions and religion

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  1. Emotions and religion Text, Body, emotions, …

  2. Concept of Emotion • A class of subjective feeling elicited by stimuli that have high significance to an individual • stimuli that produce high arousal generally produce strong feelings • are rapid and automatic • emerged through natural selection to benefit survival and reproduction

  3. Common-Sense Theory Stimulus (Tiger) Perception (Interpretation of stimulus-- danger) Emotion (Fear) Bodily arousal (Pounding heart) Theories of Emotion • Common sense might suggest that the perception of a stimulus elicits emotion which then causes bodily arousal

  4. James’s Theory Stimulus (Tiger) Perception (Interpretation of stimulus-- danger) Bodily arousal (Pounding heart) Emotion (Fear) James’s Peripheral Feedback Theory • perception of a stimulus causes bodily arousal which leads to emotion

  5. Theories of Emotions

  6. Theories of Emotions

  7. Schachter’s Theory Stimulus (Tiger) Perception (Interpretation of stimulus-- danger) Bodily arousal (Pounding heart) Emotion (Fear) Type Intensity Schachter’s Cognition-Plus-Feedback Theory • Perception and thought about a stimulus influence the type of emotion felt • Degree of bodily arousal influences the intensity of emotion felt – Laird: facial feedback theory

  8. Theories of Emotions • Theories of emotion • Schachter-Singer theory of emotion • A two-stage theory stating that for an emotion to occur, there must be (1) physiological arousal and (2) an explanation for the arousal

  9. Theories of Emotions

  10. Theories of Emotions • Theories of emotion • Schachter-Singer theory of emotion • A two-stage theory stating that for an emotion to occur, there must be (1) physiological arousal and (2) an explanation for the arousal • Accounts for subjective interpretation • Does not account for specific physiological states associated with some emotions

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