Seth said, "After I saw the F on my grade report, my heart started racing, and then I felt overwhelming anxiety." This type of sequencing supports:
A)the commonsense view of emotion
B)the James-Lange theory of emotion
C)the social comparison theory of emotion
D)the two-factor theory of emotion

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The James-Lange theory of emotion posits that physiological arousal comes before the experience of emotion, and that the experience of emotion is a result of the interpretation of that physiological arousal. The sequence of Seth's statement ("my heart started racing, and then I felt overwhelming anxiety") is consistent with this theory, as it suggests that his physiological response came first (racing heart) followed by the experience of anxiety.

Seth Said, "After I Saw the F on My Grade