Question

Zoe was on the cusp of passing her statistics course this semester. Her palms started sweating and her heart started pounding while she was preparing to enter the instructor’s office to check her final grade. Zoe might have changed her mind and ran away because her heart was pounding too fast. This explanation is most likely based on the __________.A) James-Lange theory of emotion
B) somatic marker theory of emotion
C) Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
D) two-factor theory of emotion

Answer 1

Answer:Somatic marker theory of emotion

Explanation:Based on somatic marker tbeory, our emotion’s unique physical fingerprint (like changes in heart rate, breathing, hormones, muscle tone, facial expression, etc.) are all somatic markers , which are used as a base to make good decisions. The body senses these bodily patterns and send them to the brain as somatic marker which one can use to make an effective decision. They can be emotional feeling felt but always they trigger how one will make the next decision.