Your best friend was in accident and can longer feel any autonomic arousal. If they can still experience emotion, this would be allowed in the ______, but not possible in the ______.
A)James-Lange theory; Cannon-Bard theory
B)facial feedback hypothesis; Cannon-Bard theory
C)Cannon-Bard theory; James-Lange theory
D)James-Lange theory; the appraisal theory
E)Schachter's two-factor theory; Cannon-Bard theory

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The Cannon-Bard theory posits that emotions and physiological reactions such as autonomic arousal occur simultaneously and independently, so a lack of autonomic arousal wouldn't preclude the experience of emotion. In contrast, the James-Lange theory suggests that emotions are the result of physiological reactions, so without autonomic arousal, emotion experience would be impossible according to this theory.

Your Best Friend Was in Accident and Can Longer Feel