You almost strike a child chasing a ball across the street on your way home from work.You will see the child, react, experience bodily arousal, and then recognize your emotional state of fear, according to which theory of emotion?
A) James-Lange theory
B) Cannon-Bard theory
C) Schachter's cognitive theory
D) attribution theory

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According to James-Lange theory, our emotional experience is a result of bodily responses to stimuli. In this scenario, the bodily response would be the physical arousal from reacting to the child crossing the street, and the emotional experience of fear would follow this bodily response.

You Almost Strike a Child Chasing a Ball Across the Street