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Researchers have found that people experience cartoons as more amusing while holding a pen with their teeth than while holding it with their lips. This finding best serves to support the:

Correct answer: C. James-Lange theory

  • A. Relative deprivation principle
  • B. Adaptation-level principle
  • C. James-Lange theory
  • D. Catharsis hypothesis

Explanation

Holding a pen with the teeth activates smiling muscles and can increase amusement, illustrating facial feedback: bodily and facial responses influence emotion. This is most closely related to the James-Lange view that physiological changes contribute to emotional experience.

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