To summarize the contemporary model of emotion, the timing of events within an emotion was correctly explained by
A) Cannon and Bard.
B) James and Lange.
C) Schachter and Valins.
D) Izard and Ekman.

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Cannon and Bard's theory proposed that the experience of emotion and the bodily response occur simultaneously and independently of each other. This is in contrast to James and Lange's theory, which proposed that bodily responses trigger emotions. Schachter and Valins and Izard and Ekman proposed their own models of emotion, but neither focused on the timing of events within emotion in the same way as Cannon and Bard.

To Summarize the Contemporary Model of Emotion, the Timing of Events