The results of Schachter and Singer's experiment in which participants were injected with epinephrine just before spending time in either a happy condition or an angry condition support the idea that:
A)emotion is the result of the interaction of physiological arousal and the cognitive label we apply to explain the arousal.
B)most emotions can be experienced apart from physiological arousal.
C)physiological arousal can cause the experience of emotions in the absence of a cognitive label.
D)expressing a specific emotion facially causes the subjective experience of that emotion.

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The results of Schachter and Singer's experiment support the two-factor theory of emotion, which proposes that emotions are the result of the interaction between physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation or label. In this study, participants who were injected with epinephrine experienced physiological arousal and then labeled their emotional experience based on the cues in the environment. This suggests that physiological arousal plays a necessary but not sufficient role in the experience of emotions, and that cognitive interpretation is also required.

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