Imagine you see a venomous snake on your narrow path ahead of you. What happens, according to the James-Lange theory?

a. Your sympathetic nervous system reacts, and then you feel fear
b. Your feel fear, and therefore your sympathetic nervous system reacts.
c. Your sympathetic nervous system reacts, and that reaction reduces your fear.
d. You feel fear, and that feeling reduces the response of your sympathetic nervous system.


a

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