Perspective on Emotions

I think that the physiological and perceptual influence on emotion makes the most sense because we experience emotion when external stimuli, like a bad grade on a paper or the news of a loved one dying, cause physiological changes in us. External events also don't really have a meaning until we attribute meaning to them. So combining these two perspectives makes the most sense because we feel emotion right away but it depends on how we define these events and how significant they are to us to create the outcome of a certain emotion. Getting a bad grade on a paper might make someone sad, while it makes the other person angry, or they might even feel indifferent. Everyone has different reactions to certain things because they give different meaning to these things. Making racists jokes can be funny to some people but it might really hurt the person that is being made fun of.