Stanley Schachter's (1959) classic studies on fear and affiliation concluded that
A) "Fear makes people want to be alone to avoid embarrassment."
B) "Misery doesn't love just any kind of company, it loves only miserable company."
C) "Friends are friends only when they are worse off than you are."
D) "Uncertainty reduces affiliation, but certainty increases it."
Answer: B
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