In one study (Blanchard-Fields, 1986), high school students, college students, and middle-aged adults were asked to generate solutions to three hypothetical dilemmas that varied in the extent to which they were emotionally charged. What was a finding of the study?
A) College students exhibited the best reasoning overall.
B) College students surpassed the middle-aged participants but only when the dilemmas were emotionally charged.
C) Middle-aged participants exhibited the best reasoning but only when the dilemmas were emotionally charged.
D) Middle-aged participants exhibited the best reasoning, followed by the college students, who surpassed the high school students but only for problems that were emotionally charged.
D
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