One of Cannon's major objections to the James-Lange theory of emotion was that __________.
A) different emotions produce the same bodily changes, so it is therefore difficult to tell how a person knows what he or she feels
B) the sympathetic nervous system was not given a more prominent role
C) emotions have different intensities
D) emotions are subjective experiences; therefore, no theory can be adequate in explaining them

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Cannon argued that different emotions can produce the same bodily changes and therefore it is difficult to determine how a person knows what they are feeling based solely on physiological arousal.

One of Cannon's Major Objections to the James-Lange Theory of Emotion