Question

Sitting side by side, amy and howard watched the television as the news reporter announced, "with the votes from the remaining counties, there's no question that senator smith has won reelection!" at that moment, howard jumped off the couch and cheered with joy, and amy stomped angrily out of the room. which theory of emotion best accounts for their different reactions to the same information?

Answer 1

The best theory to explain this reaction is the Lazarus theory of emotion. This theory indicated that emotions have a cognitive process; the emotions are valuations about the situations, depends on what we think about the situations to feel a determined emotion.

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