In Schachter and Singer's classic experiment, participants who didn't have an explanation for their arousal took on the emotion expressed by the confederate. According to the interpretation of the results described in your text, we can say that these participants _____.
A)expressed their secondary emotions
B)misattributed their arousal
C)minimized their cognitive processing
D)underemphasized the role of the situation

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Participants in Schachter and Singer's experiment who did not have an explanation for their physiological arousal ended up adopting the emotion displayed by a confederate because they misattributed the source of their arousal to the emotion being expressed around them, rather than the injection they received.

In Schachter and Singer's Classic Experiment, Participants Who Didn't Have