Imagine that you are a participant in the experiment conducted by Schachter and Singer (1962). You were injected with a vitamin compound called Suproxin and told that you might experience an increased heart rate,
hand tremors, and sweaty palms. Further imagine that while completing a questionnaire, the person in the room with you begins to act angry, tears up the questionnaire, and storms from the room. You are likely to ________ because ________.
a. ignore this situational cue; you know the source of your arousal
b. become angry, too; situational cues have helped you label your arousal
c. remain calm; to become angry would cause cognitive dissonance
d. ignore the source of your arousal; the situation was so powerful
Question 2
If you are experiencing physiological arousal (heart pounding, feeling warm and a bit shaky), according to the two-factor theory of emotion, what would you do next to provide an interpretation of the arousal?
a. look for cues from the environment
b. introspect
c. use self-awareness
d. recall the last time you consumed caffeine
Rutherford's gold foil experiment demonstrating that most of the volume of an atom is empty spa
Basic Design of the Driving and Cell Phone Distraction Experiment
The Milgram Obedience Experiment
The Taylor–Woods–Hughes experiment
Summary of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty’s experiment
The Hershey-Chase experiment