Difficulty in measuring naturally-occurring emotions
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Why is it difficult to measure naturally occurring emotions. Please examine your answer using two theories
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This posting looks at the James-Lange Theory of Emotion as well as the two-factor theory of emotion in order to try to measure emotions.
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It is difficult to measure emotions because everyone experiences them in a different way, and it is very hard to quantify. not everyone experiences emotions in the same way. One person might get scared of a certain stimuli, while this would not bother a different person.
The James-Lange Theory of Emotion explains that humans have experiences, and as a result, our autonomic nervous system creates ...
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