1 / 31 Flashcards Learn Test Match Created by TangiA18 Terms in this set (31) James-Lange Theory the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. (Ex: We see a snake, heart begins to pound, THEN we feel fear) Cannon-Bard Theory

Furthermore, the theory lacked an adequate account of the differences between emotions. This objection was influentially voiced by Walter Cannon (1929). According to a common interpretation of the James-Lange theory, what distinguishes emotions from one another is the fact that each involves the perception of a distinctive set of bodily changes.