Your roommate loves to debate psychological theories. When discussing emotion he insists that "We feel sad because we are crying" and "We feel fear because we tremble". Your roommate's arguments are most consistent with which psychological ideas?

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The James-Lange somatic theory suggests that emotions are the result of physiological reactions to events. According to this theory, we feel emotions because we perceive our body's physiological responses to external events, such as crying leading to feeling sad or trembling leading to feeling fear.

Your Roommate Loves to Debate Psychological Theories