In a research study, one-third of the subjects were injected with adrenaline, one-third were given a tranquilizer, and one-third were injected with a placebo (salt water). They were then shown a comedy film. The group injected with adrenaline laughed the most, the group given the tranquilizer laughed the least, with the placebo group falling between the two other groups. Which theory explains
that the participants who received adrenaline had a stirred-up body, but no explanation for what they were feeling; and consequently, they became happy when the movie implied that their adrenaline arousal was due to amusement?
a. Schachter's cognitive theory
b. the Cannon-Bard theory
c. the James-Lange theory
d. the common sense theory
A
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A. know whether the interaction effects and main effects are statistically significant. B. interpret whether the pattern of means supports the hypotheses. C. know whether the effects in the experiment are linear. D. know which means in the experiment differ significantly from one another.