Chapter 11 : Emotion and Motivation

There are many theories of emotions. The James-Lange Theory relying on how we result from our bodily reactions implies emotions from what I can see is incorrect.  Cannon-Bard Theory is a theory I agree on because it makes sense that an emotion-provoking event would lead to both an emotion and a bodily reaction. The Somatic Marker theory also makes some logical sense - that we use our gut reactions to determine how we act. Then we have the two-factor theory?? It makes no sense to me, and I don't see how it works in real world situations. I found the section on lying and lie detection very interesting. I did not know that occupational groups like custom officials and psychiatrists do no better job than us at detecting lies. Also, I think we need to find a better way to detect lies because our devices have high falsality rates. Alot of criminals are good liars, how else would they get away with their crimes? I think our whole school should read about the misconceptions of happiness. Like money won't buy you happiness! OR just because soemthing bad happens to you..it doesn't determine your happiness.  I was sad to hear that people on the West Coast are not happier than us Minnesotans... I was planing on moving to California in my later years thinking the sun and beach would bring me a great deal of happiness, I guess I was wrong! I found it amusing to find a whole section on attraction, love, and hate in our textbook. Proximity, similarity, and reciprocity...the triangle of LOVE.