Dr.Lee believes that cognitive appraisal is the essential trigger for an emotional response and that all other components of emotion,including physiological arousal,follow from the initial cognitive appraisal.Dr.Lee's views are most consistent with those of
A) Robert Zajonc.
B) William James.
C) Richard Lazarus.
D) Joseph LeDoux.

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Dr. Lee's belief that cognitive appraisal is the essential trigger for an emotional response aligns with the cognitive appraisal theory of emotion proposed by Richard Lazarus. Lazarus proposed that an individual's cognitive evaluation or appraisal of an event determines their emotional response, and that physiological arousal follows this cognitive appraisal.

DrLee Believes That Cognitive Appraisal Is the Essential Trigger for an Emotional