When researchers injected participants with a stress hormone that increases arousal and then put them in a room with a person who acted either irritated or joyful, they found that the participants reported feeling:
A) joyful.
B) irritated.
C) both joyful and irritated at the same time.
D) the same emotion as the other person in the room.

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The participants reported feeling the same emotion as the other person in the room because humans tend to mirror the emotions of those around them, a phenomenon known as emotional contagion.

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