As you and your mother are riding the double ferris wheel,you interpret your adrenaline rush as "thrilling and delightful" and your mother interprets her adrenaline rush as "terrifying fear" with this difference best explained by the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion.

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The Cannon-Bard theory suggests that emotions and physiological responses occur simultaneously and independently, not that interpretation of the same physiological response can differ. The situation described aligns more with the Schachter-Singer theory, which involves cognitive interpretation of physiological arousal.

As You and Your Mother Are Riding the Double Ferris