Emotion-Exercise & Physical Arousal

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100a20ezthtv.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Psychology Network"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |   </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Papyrus" ><I><B>  </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Papyrus" ><I><B>King's Psychology Network</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons Handouts"><U>Lessons & Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handouts"><U>Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Overview of Psychological Science"><U>Overview of Psychological Science</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of Psychology"><U>History of Psychology</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psychohistory: St. Thomas Aquinas"><U>Psychohistory: St. Thomas Aquinas</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Enteric Nervous System: The Brain in"><U>The Enteric Nervous System: The Brain in the Gut</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Role of Evolutionary Theory in Descr"><U>The Role of Evolutionary Theory in Describing Sexual Behavior</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Work Motivation"><U>Work Motivation</U></A>   |   <B>Emotion-Exercise & Physical Arousal</B>   |   <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Animal Cognition"><U>Animal Cognition</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Personality Theories"><U>Personality Theories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id201.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meditation"><U>Meditation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id224.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WaterBenefits Effects"><U>Water-Benefits & Effects</U></A></div> <div> <B>Emotion-Exercise & Physical Arousal</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Back to:</div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course Syllabus PSY 200"><U><B>Course Syllabus-Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Overview of Class SchedulePsy 200"><U><B>Class Schedule-Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons Handouts"><U><B>Lessons & Handouts - Psy 2</B></U></A><B>00</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Learning Links"><U><B>Related Learning Links - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id234.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related ReadingsPsy 200"><U><B>Related Readings-PSY 200</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Forum"><U><B>Discussion Forum - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>EMOTION - EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL AROUSAL</B></div> <bR> <div> Now that you have reviewed Chapter 13 and the theories of emotion, apply your critical thinking skills to the following scientific problem-solving exercise.</div> <bR> <div> Participants in a recent study were shown an erotic movie while they were in each of three phases of recovery from aerobic exercise.  They first pedaled an exercise bicycle intensely enough to produce significant physical arousal. </div> <bR> <div> During each of the three recovery phases, the participants were asked (1) whether they still felt physically aroused from the exercise and 2) how sexually excited by the film they felt.  Their actual physical arousal (heart rate) was measured throughout the experiment. </div> <bR> <div> During the first two phases of recovery, all the participants still showed signs of actual physical arousal. However, by the second phase, they said that they no longer felt physically aroused from the exercise.  By the third phase, they no longer showed signs of physical arousal from the exercise. </div> <bR> <div> All participants reported feeling significantly more sexually excited by the film during the second phase of exercise recovery than they did during the first and third phases.</div> <bR> <div> Discussion:</div> <bR> <div> 1.  How well would the James-Lange theory explain the results of this experiment?  What variations in reported feelings of sexual excitement would this theory have predicted in the three phases of exercise recovery?</div> <bR> <div> 2.  How well would the Cannon-Bard theory explain the results of this experiment?  What variations in reported feelings of sexual excitement would this theory have predicted in the three phases of exercise recovery?</div> <bR> <div> 3.  How well would Schachter's two-factor theory explain the results of this experiment?  What variations in reported feelings of sexual excitement would this theory have predicted in the three phases of exercise recovery?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Source:  </B>Straub, Richard O. (2003).<B> Study guide to accompany David G. Myers Psychology, </B>Seventh Edition. New York: Worth Publishers, P. 392.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>