While watching a late movie on TV, Caroline mutters, "This is so sad, it's making me cry!" Caroline would support the
A) James-Lange theory of emotion.
B) Cannon-Bard theory of emotion.
C) Darwinian theory of emotion.
D) Schachter-Singer theory of emotion.

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The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion suggests that we experience physiological arousal and emotional feelings at the same time, not one causing the other. Caroline's simultaneous experience of feeling sad and crying aligns with this theory, as it suggests that the sight of the movie (a stimulus) leads to both the emotional feeling (sadness) and the physical reaction (crying) at the same time.

While Watching a Late Movie on TV, Caroline Mutters, "This