Discuss the James-Lange theory of emotion, and cite evidence that supports this theory and a piece of evidence that refutes it.
What will be an ideal response?
The James-Lange theory argues that environmental events trigger patterns of visceral responding and that our brains subsequently decode the pattern to arrive at an emotional experience. A key piece of support for the theory comes from Hohman (1966), who assessed the impact of spinal cord injury on emotional experience. The higher the level of the damage, the greater the interruption of sensory information to the brain and the greater the decrease in the intensity of experienced emotion. These individuals with spinal cord damage could still report emotions, suggesting that the bodily sensations were important to intensity but not absolutely necessary for the experience of emotions.
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