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  1. Two-factor theory of emotion

    The two-factor theory of emotion posits when an emotion is felt, a physiological arousal occurs and the person uses the immediate environment to search for emotional cues to label the physiological arousal. The theory was put forth by researchers Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer in a 1962 article. According to the theory, emotions may be ...

  2. The Schachter-Singer Theory: Understanding How Emotions and Physical

    The Schachter-Singer Experiment, also known as the "epinephrine study," involved injecting participants with a drug that caused physiological arousal and then exposing them to different emotional stimuli. The researchers found that the participants' emotional responses varied depending on the emotional context of the situation. This ...

  3. Schachter and Singer (1962): The Experiment that Never Happened

    One of the most famous experiments in psychology is Schachter and Singer's experiment that was used to support the two-factor theory of emotions: emotions is sympathetic arousal plus cognition about the cause of the arousal (see Dror, 2017, Reisenzein, 2017, for historic reviews). The classic article "Cognitive, social, and physiological determinants of emotional state" has…

  4. Schachter and Singer (1962)

    The Schachter and Singer experiment, published in 1962, is one of the famous and controversial in the history of psychology. Some test subjects were secretly injected with adrenaline, giving them a sudden, unexplained surge of arousal. Subjects experienced this surge differently depending on context. Those subjects who were near someone acting ...

  5. Schachter-Singer; Unexplained Arousal

    Schachter and Singer called changes in physiological arousal prior to cognitive appraisal processes unexplained arousa l. Unexplained arousal is how intensely we experience an emotion before we label the emotion. It's unexplained because the cognitive appraisal has not yet occurred. This concept suggests that we will not engage in cognitive ...

  6. Schachter-Singer's Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

    Schachter and Singer's constructed their theory in line with the changing scientific experiments of the time. Before Schachter-Singer's 1962 paper several others researchers also experimented with manipulating physiological arousal to better understand emotion (Ax, 1953; Cantril, 1934; Cantril & Hunt, 1932; Landis & Hunt, 1932; Marañon, 1924).

  7. PDF STANLEY SCHACHTER & JEROME E. SINGER (1962)

    Schachter and Singer developed the two-factor theory of emotion. The two-factor theory suggests that emotion comes from a combination of a state of arousal and a cognition that makes best sense of the situation the person is in. It is the cognition which determines whether the state of physiological arousal will be labeled as joy, fear or whatever.

  8. Two Factor Theory of Emotion

    Testing Schachter and Singer's Theory. Schachter and Singer tested out their theories about these processes by conducting an experiment. They injected participants with epinephrine, a hormone that causes an increased heart rate and other side effects. Some participants knew that they were going to experience these side effects, and others ...

  9. Understanding Schachter-Singer's Two-Factor Theory: An Insightful

    The conclusion of the Schachter Singer experiment was a groundbreaking discovery in the field of psychology. Conducted by Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer in the 1960s, the experiment aimed to investigate the role of physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation in emotional experiences.

  10. Schachter Singer Theory: Experiments and an Example

    The experiment of the Schachter-Singer theory. In a well-known 1962 study, Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer tested whether the same type of physiological arousal (getting an adrenaline shot) had different effects on people depending on their circumstances.. In the study, participants were given injections of either epinephrine (a hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure) or a ...

  11. Misattribution of arousal

    Misattribution of arousal. In psychology, misattribution of arousal is the process whereby people make a mistake in assuming what is causing them to feel aroused. For example, when actually experiencing physiological responses related to fear, people mislabel those responses as romantic arousal. The reason physiological symptoms may be ...

  12. The Schacter and Singer Experiment on Emotion

    Experiment Details: In 1962 Schachter and Singer conducted a ground breaking experiment to prove their theory of emotion. In the study, a group of 184 male participants were injected with epinephrine, a hormone that induces arousal including increased heartbeat, trembling, and rapid breathing. The research participants were told that they were ...

  13. Schachter-Singer Theory

    The Schachter-Singer Theory, also known as the Two-Factor Theory of Emotion, is a psychological theory that provides insights into the complex interplay between physiological arousal, cognitive interpretation, and emotional experiences. Developed by psychologists Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer in the early 1960s, this theory revolutionized the understanding of how emotions are ...

  14. Stanley Schachter: Developer of the Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

    Schachter was an extraordinary experimental researcher. He also introduced the expression bubba psychology or grandmother's psychology to explain interpretations of behavior based on common sense. "…given a state of sympathetic arousal, for which no immediately appropriate explanation is available, human subjects can be easily manipulated ...

  15. Schacter & Singer Quizlet Flashcards

    Schacter & Singer Quizlet. Get a hint. In 1962 the American psychologists Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer performed an experiment that suggested to them that elements of both the James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories are factors in the experience of emotion. Their cognitive-physiological theory of emotion proposed that both bodily changes...

  16. Schachter and Singer (1962) Flashcards

    Conclusions. 1.Schachter and Singer argued that their experiment supported their three hypotheses. 1. If a person experiences a state of arousal for which they have no immediate explanation, they will describe their emotions in terms of the cognitions available to them at the time. 2.

  17. Schachter and Singer Flashcards

    5. 5 subjects were excluded because they may have found out what the study was about. 6. No assessment of subjects mood before injection (maybe they were extremely happy or exceptionally angry) 7.Ethnosintric bias. Strengths of the study (2) 1. Amount of control in their procedure.

  18. PSY Quiz 10 Flashcards

    Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The Angry/Happy Man experiment (Schachter & Singer, 1962) demonstrated that identical physiological activation could be felt as two quite divergent emotions. This demonstrated the importance of ___________ interpretation in determing emotions., Which of the following is true of binge eating disorder (BED)?, Which of the following ...

  19. schachter anxiety and affiliation Flashcards

    schachter anxiety and affiliation. Flashcards; Learn; Test; Match; Q-Chat; Get a hint. consequence of isolation. Click the card to flip 👆 ... -introduced the experiment -had them take a survey scoring how they felt about participating and the shock -told them they could wait with other, ...

  20. Solved The results of the Schachter-Singer experiment

    Dear student, The answer to the q …. The results of the Schachter-Singer experiment Multiple Choice indicate that emotional experience and visceral reaction are the same thing. indicate that emotions are actually the result of parasympathetic rebound. support a cognitive view of emotions. support the view that people can never experience ...

  21. Social Psych Chp 10 Flashcards

    Social Psych Chp 10. The results of the Schachter and Singer (1962) experiment in which participants were injected with adrenaline prior to spending time with either a hostile or a euphoric person support the idea that: Click the card to flip 👆. a state of arousal can be interpreted in different ways depending on the context.

  22. NSBH 20450 Final Review Flashcards

    Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Which response was not an outcome of the Schachter and Singer experiment? A. Autonomic response to epinephrine intensified emotional experience. B. Cognitive analysis of the environment affected the way emotion was experienced. C. Subjects exposed to an angry confederate were more likely to report feeling sad. D. Subjects warned ...