The James-Lange theory of emotion, by psychologists William James and Carl Lange, proposes that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events. According to James, 'Common-sense say we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep; we meet a bear, are frightened and run; we are insulted by a rival, are angry and strike. The hypothesis here to be defended says that this order of sequence is incorrect, that the one mental state is not immediately induced by the other, that the bodily manifestations must first be interposed between, and that the more rational statement is that we feel...
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