You and your date both witness a fight in a bar,but you each have very different emotional reactions to this event.You find it amusing,but your date becomes very afraid.Which theory of emotion best explains why you each would have different emotional reactions to the fight?

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The cognitive-mediational theory suggests that our emotions are the result of the cognitive interpretation of events. In this situation, you may have interpreted the fight as amusing, whereas your date may have interpreted it as a potentially dangerous situation, causing them to feel afraid. The other theories, James-Lange theory, Cannon-Bard theory, and facial feedback hypothesis, do not directly address individual differences in emotional reactions based on cognitive interpretation.

You and Your Date Both Witness a Fight in a Bar,but