According to the ____ theory of emotion, when people are presented with stimuli that trigger emotions, the thalamus in the brain sends two messages at the same time: one message that produces a conscious emotional experience and one message that produces a physiological response.
A) James-Lange
B) Cannon-Bard
C) Schachter and Singer
D) excitation transfer

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The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that the thalamus sends two messages simultaneously - one to the cortex producing a conscious emotional experience and the other to the autonomic nervous system producing physiological responses. James-Lange theory proposes that physiological reactions come before the emotional experience, while Schachter and Singer theory proposes that a person's cognitive interpretation of physiological arousal determines the emotional experience. Excitation transfer theory, on the other hand, proposes that residual physiological arousal from one emotional event can transfer to a subsequent emotional event and amplify the emotional experience.

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