Which statement best characterizes the relationship between emotions and physiological arousal?
A) Different physiological arousal patterns have been found for different emotions.
B) Most emotions have the same physiological arousal pattern since arousal is based upon the activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
C) Different physiological arousal patterns occur with negative emotions but not with positive emotions.
D) Positive emotions have more intense physiological arousal patterns than do negative emotions.

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Research has shown that different emotions are accompanied by distinct patterns of physiological arousal in the body. For example, fear and anger have been found to activate different regions of the brain and produce different patterns of heart rate and breathing rate.

Which Statement Best Characterizes the Relationship Between Emotions and Physiological