Arousal

Physiological arousal involves increased heart rate, increase in the focus of attention, sweaty palms, dry mouth, deeper breathing, and wide eyed electricity in your body that a person feels. After a person becomes physiologically aroused they need to interpret what has caused the arousal. Arousal is not limited to sexual pleasure.

The misinterpretation of arousal is the process that people experience when they make a mistake about the cause for their arousal. Misinterpretation of arousal occurs most often in times of heighten stress such as interacting with someone on top of a high building, but misinterpreting the stress as being due to sexual attractiveness towards the other person, not the height.

I could use the misinterpretation of arousal to my advantage if I wanted a male to notice me. When someone experiences fear they could be more likely to be seduced. I could invite a male friend to a rope course for some high wire activities and then flirt and tease with him during the drills. Because of his anxiety or fear due to the high rope activities he may misinterpret his feelings and analyze his feelings as a strong attraction towards me.