Your high school is proposing moving to a system in which grades are no longer given or used to evaluate student progress.

Define each of the following concepts and state how each might either positively or negatively change student behavior under such a system.

a. Arousal Theory

b. James-Lange Theory

Not asking for too much, just a simple explanation how these theories relate to the situation? I can't figure it out

Also sorry for posting Psychology question here, but nobody is online in that section

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Jagger Horn

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19 August, 21:25

Your high school is proposing moving to a system in which grades are no longer given or used to evaluate student progress.

Define each of the following concepts and state how each might either positively or negatively change student behavior under such a system.

a. Arousal Theory

b. James-Lange Theory

Not asking for too much, just a simple explanation how these theories relate to the situation? I can't figure it out

Also sorry for posting Psychology question here, but nobody is online in that section

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Hassan Shaw · Answer 1

Arousal theory states that we seek an optimum level of excitement or arousal. People with high optimum levels of arousal will be drawn to high excitement behaviors, like bungee jumping. While the rest of us are satisfied with less exciting and less risky activities.

The James-Lange theory refers to a hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions and is one of the earliest theories of emotion within modern psychology. It was developed independently by two 19th-century scholars, William James and Carl Lange.