When Mr.Morgan misinterpreted his harmless symptoms of autonomic nervous system arousal as indicative of an impending heart attack,he suffered an unusually intense level of fear.His emotional suffering is best understood in terms of the
A) low road of emotional processing.
B) James-Lange theory.
C) Cannon-Bard theory.
D) two-factor theory.

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The two-factor theory, proposed by Schachter and Singer, suggests that emotions are the result of both physiological arousal and a cognitive label or interpretation of the cause of that arousal. Mr. Morgan's experience fits this theory because his intense fear came from misinterpreting his physiological symptoms (arousal) as a sign of a heart attack (cognitive label).

When MrMorgan Misinterpreted His Harmless Symptoms of Autonomic Nervous System Arousal