One of the problems associated with asthma is that after patients experience difficulty breathing, they often make their symptoms worse by concentrating on them and/or worrying about them

Consequently, many doctors include relaxation exercises as part of a treatment program to prevent patients from making their asthmatic reactions worse. This example of how our awareness of physiological changes can influence or even cause subsequent emotions is most supportive of which of the following theories of emotion?
a) excitation transfer
b) Cannon-Bard
c) James-Lange
d) Yerkes-Dodson

ANS: C, James and Lange theorized that physiological changes cause the emotion.

Psychology

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a. systematic observations. b. self-report measures. c. secondary observations. d. exploratory measures.

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