1. Methods of Defining Psychology
... the one emphasised by Lazarus (e.g., 1991). Reactions of the body (e.g., arousal). According to the James–Lange theory, our emotional experience depends on our perception of our own bodily symptoms. As James (1890, p. 451) argued, "If we fancy some strong emotion, and then try to abstract from our consciousness of it all the feelings of its bodily ... are not independent of each other. More specifically, cognitive appraisal of the situation affects bodily reactions, facial expression, and action tendencies, as well as having a direct effect on emotional experience. These considerations ...
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