In Schachter and Singer's Experiment, Participants Who Received Epinephrine Injections

question 235

Multiple Choice

In Schachter and Singer's experiment, participants who received epinephrine injections reported euphoria in a happy situation and anger in an insulting situation. However, people who received placebos acted the same way. What conclusion, if any, do the results support?

• A) A situation first evokes actions, which we interpret later as emotions.
• B) Intensity of sympathetic nervous system aroused determines the strength of an emotion, but the situation determines which emotion.
• C) The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems combine their effects to produce emotions.
• D) None of these conclusions follow from the data.

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