According to Schachter's two-factor theory of emotion
A) the experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and your cognitive interpretation of that arousal.
B) different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions.
C) emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system.
D) emotions develop because of their adaptive value.

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Schachter's two-factor theory of emotion suggests that the experience of emotion is a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation or labeling of that arousal. In other words, the intensity and nature of the emotion experienced depends on the individual's cognitive appraisal of their physiological state.

According to Schachter's Two-Factor Theory of Emotion