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laughs and such were counted. The results supported the idea of arousal influencing
appraisal. The more aroused participants found the movie to be funnier that the
tranquilized ones. Neutral group was in the middle. This shows that arousal cues can
affect appraisal.
Evaluate one theory of how emotion may affect one cognitive process.
Arousal (surprise, personal, emotional) causes rehearsal of specific events.
Many experiences in our lives, such as romantic encounters, deaths, graduations,
accidents and local or world events may be better remembered not only because they
were distinctive, but also because they stirred up our emotions and aroused us. By
physiologically monitoring people during recall tasks, on arousing and neutral stimuli,
researchers have found that arousing stimuli trigger the release of stress hormones.
This causes neurotransmitters to increase activation of the amygdala, a brain structure
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