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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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