In a well-known study conducted by Schachter and Singer, wherein participants were injected either with a stimulant or a placebo and were then exposed to a highly emotional stimulus, it was found that participants showed the strongest emotional reactions when ____.
A) they were injected with a stimulant (and knew it)
B) they were injected with a stimulant (but didn't know it)
C) they were injected with a placebo (and knew it)
D) they were injected with a placebo (but didn't know it)

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The Schachter-Singer theory of emotion suggests that emotion is based on physiological arousal and cognitive labeling. Participants who were injected with a stimulant but didn't know it attributed their physiological arousal to the emotional stimulus, leading to stronger emotional reactions.

In a Well-Known Study Conducted by Schachter and Singer, Wherein