You and Your Date Both Witness a Fight in a Bar

question 103

Multiple Choice

You and your date both witness a fight in a bar, but you each have very different emotional reactions to this event. You find it amusing, but your date becomes very afraid. Which theory of emotion best explains why you each would have different emotional reactions to the fight?

• A) The James-Lange theory
• B) The Cannon-Bard theory
• C) Facial feedback hypothesis
• D) Cognitive-mediational theory

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