The Idea That an Emotion-Arousing Stimulus Is Simultaneously Routed to the Cortex

question 67

Multiple Choice

The idea that an emotion-arousing stimulus is simultaneously routed to the cortex and to the sympathetic nervous system is central to the

• A) James-Lange theory.
• B) relative deprivation principle.
• C) two-factor theory.
• D) Cannon-Bard theory.

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