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Stanley Schachter (April 15, 1922 – June 7, 1997) was an American social psychologist best known for his development of the two factor theory of emotion in 1962 along with Jerome E. Singer. In his theory he states that emotions have two ingredients: physiological arousal and a cognitive label.
Dec 18, 2022 · Many cognitive theories of emotion emerged during the 1960s, as part of what is often referred to as the "cognitive revolution" in psychology. One of the earliest of these cognitive theories was one proposed by Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer, known as the two-factor theory of emotion.
Oct 29, 2023 · The Schachter-Singer theory, often called the two-factor theory of emotion, proposes that a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation determines emotions. This theory was developed by psychologists Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer in the 1960s.
Schachter and Singer’s (1962) Two-Factor Theory of Emotion suggests that physiological arousal determines the strength of the emotion, while cognitive appraisal identifies the emotion label. So, in this theory, the “two-factor” represents physiological change and cognitive appraisal change.
In 1962 the American psychologists Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer performed an experiment that suggested to them that elements of both the James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories are factors in the experience of emotion.
The two-factor theory of emotion posits when an emotion is felt, a physiological arousal occurs and the person uses the immediate environment to search for emotional cues to label the physiological arousal. The theory was put forth by researchers Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer in a 1962 article. According to the theory, emotions may be ...
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Stanley Schachter was an American psychologist known for his work in the field of social psychology. His research focused on the interplay between emotions, cognition, and behavior, contributing to the understanding of social influence and interpersonal relationships.
