The study on the Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver, where participants were more attracted to a confederate when on the bridge than when on solid ground, was conducted to examine which theory of emotion?

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The Capilano Suspension Bridge study examined the two-factor theory of emotion, which proposes that emotional experience is the result of a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation. The participants' heightened physiological arousal on the shaky bridge combined with their cognitive interpretation of the situation as being exciting and potentially dangerous, leading to increased attraction to the confederate.

The Study on the Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver, Where