Question

If the James–Lange theory of emotion is correct, it would make sense that people with spinal cord injury should experience _____ in emotional intensity, since they would be unaware of physical changes. However, this is not the case, putting this theory into question.

Answer 1

Answer:

a decrease

Explanation:

The James-Lange theory of emotion states that emotion is equal to the physiological arousal effects that a certain event may have on an individual, such as increased breathing, heart rate, or perspiration. Therefore a person with a spinal cord injury should experience a decrease in emotional intensity. This is because the spinal cord delivers signals from the brain to the body triggering these physiological effects, so with a spinal cord injury these signals would never reach their destination and the physiological effects would not be triggered, thus based on this theory the individuals emotional intensity would be drastically reduced or even nullified.