Question

Your high school is proposing moving to a system in which grades are no longer given or used to evaluate student progress.

Define each of the following concepts and state how each might either positively or negatively change student behavior under such a system.

a. Arousal Theory

b. James-Lange Theory

Answer 1

Arousal theory is based on the ideas that different individuals perform better at different levels of arousal and that every individual seeks to find its optimum level.
.According to James-Lange theory of emotion, when you see an external stimulus it leads to a physiological (body) reaction. Your emotional reaction is dependent upon how you interpret those physical reactions. The James-Lange theory proposes that you will interpret your physical reactions and conclude that you are frightened .