Schachter's work proposes the idea that attributions for arousal are somewhat malleable, and that emotional reactions to threat have the potention to be reduced by reattributing the threat to a neutral or less threatening source. Was this misattribution predictions shown to be empirically supported? Provide reasons as to why or why not and describe what is necessary for misattribution effects to occur.

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The Answer is a. Misattribution effect not shown to be reliable or powerful enough to produce significant clinical applications.
b. Reasons: 1) people motivated to do a search of what is causing the state; 2) people more likely to attribute arousal to a negative source than a more positive or neutral on.
c. Necessary: 1) alternative source of arousal that is plausible, unambiguous and salient; 2) actual cause of arousal not obvious; 3) person must believe misattribution source to have more impact on arousal than it actually does.

Schachter's Work Proposes the Idea That Attributions for Arousal Are