The results of the Schachter-Singer experiment:
A)indicate that emotional experience and visceral reaction are the same thing.
B)indicate that emotions are actually the result of parasympathetic rebound.
C)support a cognitive view of emotions.
D)support the view that people can never experience "true" emotions.

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The Schachter-Singer experiment supports a cognitive view of emotions, which suggests that we interpret physiological arousal in the context of the situation to determine our emotional experience. The experiment demonstrated that participants who were injected with adrenaline experienced different emotions based on their interpretation of the arousal - those who were in a happy context felt happier and those who were in a scary context felt more afraid.

The Results of the Schachter-Singer Experiment