According to _____, one's conscious experience of emotion occurs after autonomic arousal.
A)evolutionary theory
B)facial feedback theory
C)both the Cannon-Bard theory and Schachter's two-factor theory
D)both the James-Lange theory and Schachter's two-factor theory

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The James-Lange theory and Schachter's two-factor theory both suggest that physiological arousal precedes the conscious experience of emotion. According to the James-Lange theory, the perception of a stimulus causes bodily arousal which then leads to the experience of emotion. Schachter's two-factor theory adds that after arousal, cognitive interpretation of the situation plays a role in the type of emotion felt.

According to _____, One's Conscious Experience of Emotion Occurs After