Manuel comes home one evening to see his wife sitting at the table stone faced. He immediately feels concerned that she is angry, and she silently hands him an envelope. He opens it and reads that she has been accepted to medical school, and when he looks up she is smiling and crying. He immediately begins screaming in excitement. His need to see her reaction before knowing how to feel is an example of
A. Darwin's theory of emotion.
B. social comparison.
C. the facial feedback hypothesis.
D. social referencing.
Answer: D
Psychology
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