Valins conducted a classic study in which male college students viewed a series of photographs of nude females while listening to an amplified heartbeat that each student believed was his own. According to Valins, how the males in this study interpreted their emotional response to the pictures was determined by

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Valins conducted a classic study in which male college students viewed a series of photographs of nude females while listening to an amplified heartbeat that each student believed was his own. According to Valins, how the males in this study interpreted their emotional response to the pictures was determined by

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Valins' study is a classic example of how emotions can be influenced by cognitive interpretations or attributions. The participants' emotional responses were influenced by what they believed was happening to them (thinking their own heart rate was increasing), not by direct physiological feedback from their bodies. This demonstrates the role of cognitive processes in emotion.

Valins Conducted a Classic Study in Which Male College Students