Rashad misses a meeting with his professor and feels very guilty. He misses a meeting he had with a car salesman and doesn't give it a second thought. Why did Rashad feel differently about two equivalent actions?
A) He has been classically conditioned to not like salesmen.
B) It was someone else's fault that he missed the meeting with the salesman.
C) The salesman probably didn't care about the missed meeting.
D) His appraisal of the action was different in the two situations.
Answer: D
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