You meet a bear and experience bodily arousal. If the bear seemed unfriendly,

you would interpret your arousal as fear, but if the bear offered to shake your "paw," you would be happy, amazed, and relieved, according to which theory of emotion?
a. Cannon-Bard theory
b. Schachter's cognitive theory
c. James-Lange theory
d. common-sense theory


ANSWER: b

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