The Important Conclusion That Can Be Drawn from Schachter and Singer's

question 39

Multiple Choice

The important conclusion that can be drawn from Schachter and Singer's (1962) study on emotions is that

• A) every emotion experienced by humans has a specific and distinct set of physiological symptoms.
• B) physiological arousal is one of the few human experiences not susceptible to variations in subjective interpretation.
• C) social context can determine the way in which physiological arousal is interpreted.
• D) the two major factors of emotion are arousal and happiness.

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