In an Experiment by Schachter and Singer, Research Participants Were

question 58

Multiple Choice

In an experiment by Schachter and Singer, research participants were injected with a drug that, unknown to them, produced autonomic arousal. The study found that the emotion experienced by these participants __________.

• A) was always anxiety, regardless of the situation in which arousal occurred
• B) depended on the situation at the time of arousal and could be positive, negative, or absent
• C) was nonexistent; participants reported no experience of emotion solely as a result of autonomic arousal
• D) tended to be positive or euphoric in the absence of specific cues suggesting any other emotional state

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