In one study, participants were injected with the hormone adrenaline. When asked how they felt, the subjects simply reported the physical changes produced by the drug, saying, "My heart is beating very fast." Some reported feeling as if they should be feeling an emotion, but they said they did not feel the emotion itself: "I feel as if I were afraid." These results conflict with the _____ theory of emotion.
A)James-Lange
B)Cannon
C)two-factor
D)Ekman

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The study's results conflict with the James-Lange theory of emotion, which proposes that a person's experience of emotion arises from physiological arousal. In this case, the participants were experiencing the physical symptoms of adrenaline injection, but they did not report feeling the corresponding emotions (such as fear).

In One Study, Participants Were Injected with the Hormone Adrenaline