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Two-factor theory of emotion
Schachter and Singer developed the two-factor theory of emotion. The two-factor theory suggests that emotion comes from a combination of a state of Arousal and a Cognition that makes best sense of the situation the person is in. For example, the Two-factor theory of emotion argues that when people become aroused they look for cues as to why they feel the way they do.
The Two-factor theory of emotion has been an influential theory of emotions. However subsequent work has shown that the relationship is more complex than the two-factor theory predicts.
For example many psychologists now argue that peoples efforts to understand an unexplained state of Arousal is more extensive than a quick examination of cues in the surrounding environment. When we seek to explain a state of arousal, we do not merely use others’ Behaviour but call on many other sources of information as well, particularly our own past history - we search for prior occasions on which we felt this Arousal state to explain its occurrence now.
