In an experiment by Dutton and Aron, one group of men were asked by an attractive woman to complete a short questionnaire immediately after they had crossed a swaying footbridge suspended 230 feet above the Capilano River. This experiment was designed to study the factors that contribute to

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The experiment by Dutton and Aron was designed to study passionate love. The men were asked to complete a questionnaire by an attractive woman after experiencing a physiological arousal from crossing a swaying footbridge. This arousal was then misattributed to the woman and they were more likely to feel attraction towards her. This experiment provides evidence for the two-factor theory of emotion, which suggests that emotions are a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal.

In an Experiment by Dutton and Aron, One Group of Men