Annika and Phillip survive a plane crash. Before the flight, they were strangers; shortly afterward, they marry. Stanley Schachter might call their marriage an example of
A) misattributio.
B) cognition of true love.
C) redistribution of affection.
D) moment of order among disorder.
E) emotional intelligence.

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Stanley Schachter coined the term "misattribution" to explain the tendency of people to attribute their arousal to the wrong source. In the case of Annika and Phillip, they may have misattributed their strong emotional response to the crash as romantic love for each other, leading to a hasty marriage.

Annika and Phillip Survive a Plane Crash