When Alex and Jason Were Confronted by a Dangerous Snake,Alex

question 459

Multiple Choice

When Alex and Jason were confronted by a dangerous snake,Alex experienced a much greater level of autonomic nervous system arousal than Jason.Yet both reported being equally scared by the experience.If true,this fact would be most consistent with the

• A) two-factor theory.
• B) spillover effect.
• C) Cannon-Bard theory.
• D) James-Lange theory.

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