Professor Crane Was Ecstatic When He Learned That His Research

question 41

Multiple Choice

Professor Crane was ecstatic when he learned that his research study had been approved for publication. His feelings of joy quickly dissipated, however, when he heard a colleague recently had three different research articles accepted for publication. His declining emotional satisfaction is best explained in terms of

• A) the facial feedback effect.
• B) relative deprivation.
• C) the James-Lange theory.
• D) the adaptation-level phenomenon.

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