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Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened, is the sequence of events postulated by ______ theory.

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The Cannon-Bard theory says that humans experience emotions and physiological responses simultaneously. For example, you see the snake and simultaneously feel fear and run away. You don't feel fear and THEN run away.
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