Which Sequence of Events in Emotional Responses Is Characteristic of the James-Lange

question 157

Multiple Choice

Which sequence of events in emotional responses is characteristic of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

• A) stimulus --> emotion --> physiological changes
• Logical, and that is the sequence that most psychologists assumed occurred; however, no one ever formally proposed
• This sequence as part of an official theory.
• B) stimulus --> physiological changes --> emotion
• C) physiological changes --> stimulus --> emotion
• D) stimulus --> emotion AND physiological changes (simultaneous)