Professor Meltzer believes that emotions arise when we effortlessly appraise an event as harmless or dangerous,whether we truly know it is or not.Professor Meltzer's views most closely illustrate

A) the James-Lange theory.
B) Richard Lazarus' views.
C) the Cannon-Bard theory.
D) the Schachter-Singer theory.

Richard Lazarus developed the theory of cognitive appraisal, which suggests that emotions arise when we effortlessly appraise an event as harmless or dangerous, whether we truly know it is or not. This is different from the James-Lange theory, which suggests that emotions arise from physiological reactions, the Cannon-Bard theory which suggests that emotions and physiological reactions occur simultaneously, and the Schachter-Singer theory, which suggests that emotions arise from the combination of physiological reactions and cognitive interpretation. Therefore, the best choice is B.