+1 862 207 3288 Emotion, as defined by Collins Gem dictionary, refers to an excited state of feeling, such as joy, fear etc. This essay will outline and evaluate the extent to which various different theories present an adequate explanation of how emotions such as these are generated. In reference to the ideas proposed in the title it shall firstly examine the James-Lange theory of emotion, which claims that we feel emotions as a result of our action, before looking at the Cannon-Bard theory which proposes the opposite, suggesting instead that we act as a result of our emotio…(short extract)
