In Schachter and Singer's 1962 study, participants' emotions matched the confederates' behavior when they received no explanation for the physiological side effects they were feeling.

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This is true according to Schachter and Singer's two-factor theory of emotion. Participants who were given an explanation for their physiological symptoms did not necessarily match the emotions of the confederate, while those who were not given an explanation tended to experience the same emotion as the confederate.

In Schachter and Singer's 1962 Study, Participants' Emotions Matched the Confederates