Question

when gregs 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. james - lange two - factor cannon - bard relative deprivation

Explanation:

The two - factor theory of emotion posits that emotions are a result of both physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation. In Greg's case, there is physiological arousal (autonomic nervous system arousal) and a cognitive interpretation (misinterpreting symptoms as a heart attack). The James - Lange theory emphasizes that emotions follow physiological arousal directly without the cognitive interpretation aspect. The Cannon - Bard theory states that physiological arousal and emotion occur simultaneously. The relative deprivation theory is about social comparisons and not related to emotion in this context.

Answer:

two - factor