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When greg's autonomic nervous system was aroused, he misinterpreted the harmless symptoms as indicators of an impending heart attack. this misinterpretation caused him to experience an unusually intense level of fear. his emotional response is best understood in terms of the:?

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His emotional response is best understood in terms of the "Two-factor theory of emotion".
The two-factor theory of emotion, was developed by Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer and it explains that emotions are founded on two factors, physiological arousal and cognitive label.

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