If we see a snake in the grass and scream or recoil, which of the following would claim that this response itself constitutes our emotion, without any cognitive role?
A) Facial feedback hypotheses
B) James-Lange view
C) Excitation transfer
D) Schachter & Singer's 1962) theory of emotion

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The James-Lange view proposes that our emotions are a result of our physiological responses to a stimulus, and that our conscious experience of emotion is simply our perception of those physical changes. In the example given, the physiological response of recoiling or screaming would be seen as the emotion itself, without any cognitive role.

If We See a Snake in the Grass and Scream