Grandma got run over by an SUV. Afterward, she could no longer receive signals from her sympathetic nervous system about physiological arousal. Her doctor tells her that she can still experience emotions because emotion occurs solely in the brain.

Grandma's doctor supports which theory of emotion?

A. Cannon's central theory

B. James's peripheral theory

C. Schachter-Singer theory

D. Maslow's theory

Answer:A. Cannon's central theory

Explanation:

The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion, which is als referred to as Thalamic theory focuses on physiological determination of emotion. This theory state that we feel emotions and then have a physiological reaction to those emotions. According to Cannon's theory emotions can be felt even when the physiological response is absent. Cannon's idea is different from the two factor theory because he suggest that our emotions are not dependent on physiological reactions.

Two factor theory states that physiological arousal brings emotional response whereas cannon's theory state that these two are not dependent on each other.

According to this theory grandma is indeed likely to experience emotions without physiological response.