Schachter-Singer's famous emotion experiment showed that:
A) physiological arousal came after emotional arousal.
B) a physiological aroused person will label his arousal as greater when people are duped or misled.
C) emotional arousal is greater when people are duped or misled.
D) emotions start in the cortex and are sent to one's internal organs.

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In Schachter-Singer's experiment, participants were injected with adrenaline and then placed in a waiting room with a fake participant who acted either euphoric or angry. Those who were misled about the true source of their arousal (adrenaline injection) were more likely to label their arousal as being influenced by the situation, and thus the fake participant's behavior affected their own emotional experience. This supports option B, that a physiological aroused person will label their arousal differently depending on the situation or cues around them.

Schachter-Singer's Famous Emotion Experiment Showed That