Question

Subjects in Schachter and Singer’s classic study on emotions were given an injection of epinephrine, which caused physiological arousal. Some subjects were correctly informed about the drug’s effects, and others were either uninformed or misinformed. Which of the following happened?

a) Incorrectly informed participants were unaffected by the behavior of others around them.
b) Misinformed participants were unaffected by the behavior of others around them.
c) Uninformed participants took on the emotions of others around them.
d) Informed participants took on the emotions of others around them.

Answer 1

Answer:

c) Uninformed participants took on the emotions of others around them.                      

Explanation:

Schachter and Singer’s classic study or theory on emotions was developed during the year 1962. It is also referred to as the Schachter theory, cognitive arousal theory of emotion, attribution of emotion, or two-factor theory of emotion.

The Schachter-Singer theory is described as an individual's emotions are the result of the cognitive as well as the physiological processes.

In other words, an individual experiencing or being aware of the emotional state is the functions related to the cognitive interpretations or the physiological arousal of the physical state.