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GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 59

Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping · Emotions: Nature and theories of emotions · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which of the following theories of emotion explains that arousal must occur before experience of emotion?

  1. Schachter & Singer’s Theory
  2. Hertzberg’s Theory
  3. Cannon-Bard’s Theory
  4. Maslow’s Theory

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Correct answer: (A) Schachter & Singer’s Theory

Explanation

In the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory, physiological arousal comes first and is then labelled with an emotion by cognition. Cannon-Bard says that arousal and emotion occur together, and Herzberg and Maslow are theories of motivation.