Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened, is the sequence of events postulated by __________ theory.
A) Plutchik's
B) the James-Lange
C) the Cannon-Bard
D) Schachter and Singer's

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The Cannon-Bard theory posits that an emotional experience is triggered by the simultaneous activation of the thalamus and the cortex. In this theory, the emotional response and the physiological responses occur at the same time, rather than in a sequential order as proposed by the James-Lange theory.

Seeing a Snake, and Then Simultaneously Running Away from It