Explain the difference between the James-Lange and the Cannon-Bard theories of emotion.

Answer:

Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: The James-Lange theory of emotion claims that one becomes autonomically aroused before the emotion is experienced and that different patterns of arousal account for different emotions experienced. The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion states that the experience of emotion occurs alongside physiological arousal rather than after and that patterns of arousal were too similar to distinctly identify specific emotions.