Your roommate loves to debate psychological theories. When discussing emotion he insists that when we encounter an emotional eliciting stimulus, it is the thalamus that sends messages to both the cortex and the body's internal organs. The signal to the cortex is what results in the experience of emotion. Your roommate's arguments are most consistent with which psychological ideas?
A)Cannon-Bard theory
B)James-Lange somatic theory
C)Freud's psychodynamic theory
D)Schachter's two-factor theory
E)Evolutionary theory

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The Cannon-Bard theory posits that upon encountering an emotional stimulus, the thalamus sends simultaneous signals to the cortex (leading to the conscious experience of emotion) and to the autonomic nervous system (leading to physiological arousal). This is in line with your roommate's argument.

Your Roommate Loves to Debate Psychological Theories