The relationship between cognition and emotions is

Options

A. independent of each other
B. unidirectional - emotions influence cognition
C. uni-directional - cognition influences emotions
D. bi-directional - a dynamic interplay between both

Answer

D

Explanation

Cognition and emotion are dependant variables, they are cause and effect of each other. Emotion is a response of a cognitive activity. Cognition in cmotion is both a necessary and a sufficient condition. For example, thoughts are capable of producing emotion and vice versa. Therefore they are bi-directional means affect both ways.