Question

Is Misattribution of Arousal is biased and generalized. Explain why?

Answer 1

Misattribution effect is when a memory is distorted because of the source, context or our imagination. If the misattribution effect is due to context we may overlap memories or conjoin them because the memories separately are incomplete.

Right memory, wrong source is one examples of misattribution.

Misattribution of arousal is a term in psychology which describes the process whereby people make a mistake in assuming what is causing them to feel aroused. For example, when actually experiencing misattributions of arousal - physiological responses related to fear, people mislabel those responses as romantic arousal.

The reason physiological symptoms may be attributed to incorrect stimuli is because many stimuli have similar physiological symptoms such as increased blood pressure or shortness of breath.Misattribution of arousal, which is an influence on emotion processing, can be found in multiple situations, such as romantic situations and physiological responses from exercise.

MISATTRIBUTION OF AROUSAL IS BIASED AND GENERALIZED :

Many forms of physiological arousal are difficult to differentiate. We feel aroused: increased heart rate, sweaty palms, cognitively alert.

The people have a bias to attribute physiological arousal to their interaction with other people. particularly members of the opposite sex.

For the men on that bridge, they mistakenly interpreted their arousal as at least partially caused by their interaction with the attractive woman. They don't respond with sexual themes, and they don't call if the person on the high bridge is a man. Put a woman out in the middle of that bridge. however, men will assume that their elevated heart rate is caused by how attractive they find that woman.

The implication is that any physiological arousal can be misattributed to feelings for the other person.