The Description of Emotions as Superordinate Neural Programs, Coordinating the Activity

question 30

Multiple Choice

The description of emotions as superordinate neural programs, coordinating the activity of many otherwise independent neural processes, is most closely aligned with which modern theory of emotions?

• A) Basic/discrete emotions theory
• B) Core affect theory
• C) The Evaluative Space Model
• D) The component process model

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