Question

when liams autonomic nervous system was aroused, he misinterpreted from his past experience the harmless symptoms as indicators of an impending heart attack. this misinterpretation caused him an unusually intense level of fear. his emotional response is best understood in terms of the ______ theory of emotion, also called the two - factor theory. cannon - bard james - lange schachter - singer relative deprivation

Explanation:

The Schachter - Singer theory (two - factor theory) posits that emotions result from a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation. In this case, Liam had physiological arousal (autonomic nervous system arousal) and then a cognitive interpretation (misinterpreting symptoms as a heart attack), which led to his emotion (fear). The Cannon - Bard theory states that physiological arousal and emotion occur simultaneously. The James - Lange theory says that emotion is the result of physiological arousal. The relative deprivation theory is about social comparisons and not related to the two - factor aspect of emotion here.

Answer:

C. Schachter - Singer