Cannon Criticized James's Autonomic Specificity on the Following Grounds

question 6

Multiple Choice

Cannon criticized James's autonomic specificity on the following grounds:

• A) Physiological states are more vivid than emotional experiences; therefore the autonomic thesis overestimates the intensity of emotions.
• B) Emotional and non-emotional states are marked by distinctly different physiological patterns; therefore the autonomic thesis fails to explain transitions between neutral and emotional moods.
• C) Autonomic responses are too slow to account for the rapidity with which we experience emotion or move from one emotion to another.
• D) People are very sensitive to changes within their bodies which leads them to misconstrue bodily for genuine emotional experiences.

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