The _____ states that an emotion-provoking stimulus is transmitted simultaneously to the cerebral cortex, providing the conscious mental experience of the emotion, and to the sympathetic nervous system, causing the physiological arousal.
A)Cannon-Bard theory
B)Schachter-Singer theory
C)Smith-Scott theory
D)James-Lange theory

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The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that the experience of an emotion-provoking stimulus causes both the conscious experience of the emotion and the physiological arousal to occur simultaneously and independently, rather than one causing the other.

The _____ States That an Emotion-Provoking Stimulus Is Transmitted Simultaneously