You Really Want to Buy a New Phone, but You

question 301

Multiple Choice

You really want to buy a new phone, but you know that you should really not spend the money. As you walk through the mall and get closer and closer to the phone store, motivational conflict theory predicts that

• A) your desire to buy the phone gets stronger
• B) you will literally stop because you cannot go forward or back
• C) your feeling to not spend the money grows stronger
• D) you will reassess the need to not spend money
• E) you decide to buy the phone and a nice case

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