Question

alone in your house, you hear a noise in the middle of the night. your heart starts to pound, and you jump out of bed trembling. if an emotional response is made up of physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience, which critical component is missing from your description of the event? you feel fear. your eyes dilate. your breathing increases. you hide under the covers.

Explanation:

An emotional response has three components: physiological arousal (e.g., heart pounding), expressive behavior (e.g., jumping out of bed trembling), and conscious experience (how one feels emotionally). In the given description, "Your heart starts to pound" is physiological arousal, "you jump out of bed trembling" is expressive behavior. The missing component is the conscious experience of the emotion. "You feel fear" represents the conscious experience of the emotion (fear), which is a key part of the emotional response as defined. "Your eyes dilate" and "Your breathing increases" are further aspects of physiological arousal. "You hide under the covers" is another form of expressive behavior.

Answer:

You feel fear.