According to Schachter and Singer,the emotion experienced by participants who were injected with adrenaline and then exposed to a confederate of the experimenter who acted giddy was due to:
A)activation of the amygdala in the participant.
B)the behavior of the confederate and not due to the adrenaline.
C)activation of the frontal cortex by the adrenaline.
D)the participant interpreting the arousal as having positive valence.

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According to Schachter and Singer's two-factor theory of emotions, the physiological arousal triggered by the injection of adrenaline is interpreted by the individual based on the context of the situation. The individual then experiences an emotion that is consistent with this interpretation. Therefore, the giddiness experienced by the participants injected with adrenaline was due to their interpretation of the arousal as positive, rather than any specific activation of brain regions or confederate behavior.

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