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the generalization cannot be made to the whole population, since Schacter and Singer used only young males as their participants. Also, the confounding factors, such as unknown brain damages, could have influenced the ability of participants to identify the emotions, which may weaken the reliability of the study.
Conclusion: in order for emotions to change, only general arousal is needed. Also, the interpretation of physiological cues that is combined with situation resulted in the miss labeling of emotions by participants. Therefore, the change of emotions may occur as a result of a combination of physiological changes – in this case the adrenaline injections – and cognitive labeling.
What are the methodological issues in Schacter and Singer (1962) study and what did they conclude?