The fact that facial expressions of emotion tend to intensify the experience of emotion serves to support the:
Correct answer: D. James- Lange theory
- A. adaptation- level principle
- B. relative deprivation principle
- C. Cannon- Bard theory
- D. James- Lange theory
Explanation
The James-Lange view links emotion to bodily feedback, including feedback from facial muscles, so intensifying an expression can intensify the experienced emotion. Cannon-Bard theory does not depend on such bodily feedback.
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