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  • Physiological Arousal
    Bodily changes like increased heart rate or respiration triggered by emotional stimuli, forming a core part of emotional experience.
  • Cognition
    Mental processes involved in interpreting, appraising, and labeling emotional experiences based on context and thought.
  • Appraisal
    Immediate, often unconscious evaluation of a stimulus that shapes both emotional and physiological responses.
  • James-Lange Theory
    Model proposing that specific bodily changes precede and determine the emotional experience.
  • Cannon-Bard Theory
    Model suggesting that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur at the same time but independently.
  • Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory
    Model emphasizing general arousal and cognitive labeling as dual components in forming emotions.
  • Lazarus's Cognitive Mediational Theory
    Model prioritizing appraisal as the trigger for both emotional and physiological responses.
  • Stimulus
    External event or trigger that initiates the emotional process by activating physiological and cognitive components.
  • Emotional Experience
    Subjective feeling resulting from the integration of physiological changes, cognition, and appraisal.
  • Autonomic Nervous System
    Body system responsible for involuntary physiological responses, such as heart rate changes, during emotions.
  • Biofeedback
    Information from the body, such as heart rate or muscle tension, that can influence emotional awareness.
  • Limitation
    Shortcoming or critique of a theory, highlighting aspects it fails to explain about emotional processes.
  • General Arousal
    Non-specific physiological activation that can be interpreted as different emotions depending on context.
  • Emotional Labeling
    Process of identifying and naming a feeling based on physiological state and situational cues.
  • Physiological Profile
    Unique pattern of bodily responses associated with a particular emotional state.