Theories about emotion

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Here are academic theories about how we make sense of the world, inferring meaning.

Affect Perseverance: Preference persists after disconfirmation.
Aggression: a learned and social act.
Buffer effect of Social Support: supported people feel less stress.
Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion: emotions lead to physiological changes.
Cognitive Appraisal Theories of Emotion: we decide what to feel after interpreting events.
Durability bias: we over-estimate how long emotions will last.
Focalism: we think an emotion is driven by a single event.
Impact bias: over-estimating the effect of emotional event.
James-Lange Theory of Emotion: physiological changes lead to emotions.
Love: different types of affection.
Mood-Congruent Judgment: Our moods bias our judgments.
Mood memory: We recall things that match our current mood.
Opponent-Process Theory: opposite emotions interact.
Social Contagion: we catch emotions from others.
Two-Factor Theory of Emotion: we deduce feelings from our situation.

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