Psychology of Emotions Quiz

• Emotions are subjective experiences that involve physiological arousal, psychological appraisal, and cognitive processes.
• Different people may have different emotional experiences of similar situations, and the field of psychology examines emotions from a scientific perspective by looking at their mental, physiological, and behavioral components.
• While emotion indicates a subjective experience, affect refers to a prolonged affective state that does not necessarily occur in response to a specific experience.
• The experience of emotion follows a complex biological process that includes the limbic system, the autonomic nervous system, and the reticular activating system.
• Several theories attempt to explain how emotions work, including appraisal theory, the James-Lange theory, the Cannon-Bard theory, the Schachter-Singer theory, and the facial-feedback hypothesis.

Test your knowledge of the scientific examination of emotions in psychology, including their mental, physiological, and behavioral components, as well as the theories explaining how emotions work.