Who Is the Author of the Following Quote: "Common Sense

question 491

Multiple Choice

Who is the author of the following quote: "Common sense says we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep; we meet a bear, are frightened and run; we are insulted by a rival, are angry and strike. The hypothesis here to be defended says that this order of sequence is incorrect, that the one mental state is not immediately induced by the other, that the bodily manifestations must first be interposed between, and that the more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble."

• A) Charles Darwin
• B) Richard Lazarus
• C) Walter Cannon
• D) William James

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