Tara cannot believe what she reads about anger: "… depending on the circumstances, sometimes it is helpful to express your feelings, but sometimes venting your anger makes everything worse."
Tara finds this difficult to accept because she has been told over and over that it is healthy to "ventilate" her anger. Based on your reading of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, design a research study that Tara could conduct in order to examine this issue.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will include the following key points.
• All subjects in the study would be exposed to a situation that makes them angry and would rate their anger.
• Subjects would be randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group.
• Subjects in the control group would not be allowed to vent their anger.
• Subjects in the experimental group would be allowed to express their anger to another person.
• Afterwards, all subjects would rate their feelings of anger and well-being.
• Results for the control group and experimental group would be compared.
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