Which statement about emotions would have most likely been made by William James?
a) When something happens, your body reacts, then you experience an emotion.
b) If someone points a gun at you, you will experience fear and then you will run.
c) All emotions arise from the same set of bodily functions.
d) It is only after you experience joy that your heart will begin to race.
ANS: A, William James felt that the arousal of our physiological mechanisms is what leads to the cognitive experience of an emotion.
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