You are just ready to pull into a parking place when another driver pulls into the spot from the opposite direction. Angry, you walk into the store and bump into a person blocking the aisle. Then you tell a father that he should keep his loud child quiet. Your frustration from the parking lot incident has triggered a(n) ____, causing you to behave rudely to other people.?
a. ?action tendency
b. ?opponent-process
c. ?need for achievement
d. ?primary drive
ANSWER:
a
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a) True b) False
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