Lee was momentarily terrified as a passing automobile nearly sideswiped his car.When one of his passengers joked that he almost had a two-color car,Lee laughed uncontrollably.Lee's emotional volatility best illustrates the
A) Cannon-Bard theory.
B) guilty knowledge test.
C) James-Lange theory.
D) spillover effect.

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The spillover effect explains how arousal from one event can impact our response to a subsequent event, as seen in Lee's shift from fear to uncontrollable laughter due to the heightened emotional state caused by the near accident.

Lee Was Momentarily Terrified as a Passing Automobile Nearly Sideswiped