Tranquilizing drugs that inhibit sympathetic nervous system activity often reduce people's subjective experience of intense anxiety.Which theory of emotion would have the greatest difficulty explaining this effect?

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Cannon-Bard theory posits that emotions and physiological reactions occur simultaneously and independently, so it would struggle to explain how inhibiting physiological reactions (sympathetic nervous system activity) could reduce the experience of anxiety.

Tranquilizing Drugs That Inhibit Sympathetic Nervous System Activity Often Reduce