While taking a tough final exam, Pietro noticed that his heart was pounding and his palms were sweaty. Pietro thought about it and decided that his pounding heart and sweaty palms were caused by anxiety. This best illustrates the _____ theory of emotion.
A)facial feedback
B)two-factor
C)self-efficacy
D)self-determination

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The two-factor theory of emotion proposes that emotions are based on both physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation of that arousal. Pietro's pounding heart and sweaty palms may have been caused by physiological arousal (such as adrenaline) during the tough exam, but his interpretation of that arousal as anxiety led to his emotional experience.

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