You and your friends get together to talk about your performances on an exam. You are all upset about your performances. Given what you learned in this chapter, how do you think you will all feel when you finish discussing the exam?
A. You will all feel a great deal better because you will have gotten it off your chests, as suggested by catharsis theory.
B. You will all feel about the same as when you started, as suggested by the Cannon-Bard theory.
C. You will all probably be even more upset, as suggested by the James-Lange theory.
D. You will all be in the exhaustion phase of GAS.
Answer: C
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