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

question 4

Multiple Choice

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

• A) the James-Lange theory.
• B) cognitive appraisal.
• C) two-factor theory.
• D) the Cannon-Bard theory.

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Definitions:

One-tailed Test

A statistical test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution.

Level of Significance

A predetermined threshold in hypothesis testing, below which the null hypothesis is rejected, indicating statistical significance.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists in the general population from which a sample is drawn.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean; the square of the standard deviation.