An emotion-arousing stimulus has two simultaneous effects,causing bodily arousal via the sympathetic nervous system and a subjective experience via the cortex.Which theory of emotion is being described?

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The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that an emotional stimulus simultaneously triggers both physiological arousal and subjective experience in the brain, rather than one causing the other. This is in contrast to the James-Lange theory, which suggests that physiological arousal precedes and causes subjective experience of emotion. The Lazarus-Schachter theory also emphasizes the role of cognitive appraisal in determining the emotional response to a stimulus. The Ader-Cohen theory pertains to classical conditioning of the immune system.

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