The finding that people who have lost feeling in portions of their bodies report less intense emotional experiences provides some support for:
A)the commonsense view of emotions
B)the James-Lange theory of emotion
C)the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
D)the two-factor theory of emotion

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The finding that people who have lost feeling in portions of their bodies report less intense emotional experiences is consistent with the James-Lange theory of emotion, which proposes that emotions are the result of physiological arousal. If emotions are dependent on bodily sensations, then decreased bodily sensation might be expected to result in decreased emotional intensity. The other theories of emotion (the commonsense view, the Cannon-Bard theory, and the two-factor theory) do not make this specific prediction.

The Finding That People Who Have Lost Feeling in Portions