Suppose you wanted to prime someone to engage in approach motivation. What task would accomplish that most effectively?

A. rely on a person's natural inclination toward approach motivation
B. remind the person of the importance of stopping at all intersections, marked with a stop sign or not
C. give the person a clearly worded party invitation printed in bright green ink
D. provide objective statistics on the failure rate associated with the task to be performed


Answer: C

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