"General bodily arousal contributes to emotion, but one's interpretation of what is happening gives the specific emotion" is a proposition that would be made by
A)Ivan Pavlov.
B)William James.
C)Walter Cannon.
D)Stanley Schachter.

Question

"General bodily arousal contributes to emotion, but one's interpretation of what is happening gives the specific emotion" is a proposition that would be made by ​
A)Ivan Pavlov.
B)William James.
C)Walter Cannon.
D)Stanley Schachter.

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Stanley Schachter proposed the two-factor theory of emotion, which suggests that emotion is based on two factors: general arousal and a cognitive label that specifies the emotion.

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