Stanley Schachter
Stanley Schachter · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Social psychologist known for the two-factor theory of emotion
1922, New York City, USA — 1997, East Hampton, New York, USA
United States
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Schachter was an influential American social psychologist who, with Jerome Singer, developed the two-factor (Schachter–Singer) theory of emotion, holding that emotion arises from physiological arousal combined with a cognitive label. He also pioneered research on affiliation, obesity and smoking. He was born into a Jewish family in New York City.
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Social psychologist known for the two-factor theory of emotion
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