Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 9

Several theories explain what causes emotions. Theories that emphasize changes in the body are called (a) _____ theories. One such theory states that emotions result from specific physiological changes in your body and that each emotion has a different physiological basis; this is called the (b) _____ theory. The major criticism of this theory is that different emotions do not always cause different patterns of physiological arousal. This particular criticism led to the (c) _____ theory, which states that emotions originate in the brain; they are not the result of physiological responses.