After a Long Day of Work, Carla Drives Home in Rush

question 17

Multiple Choice

After a long day of work, Carla drives home in rush hour traffic.Her air conditioning is broken and the temperature on the highway is in triple digits.When she arrives home, she sees that her housemate has parked in her spot.After finding another spot around the corner, Carla enters her home, slams the doors, throws her bag across the room, and curses loudly.___________ is the situational influence that most likely impacted Carla's aggressive behavior.

• A)Stress
• B)Behavioral modeling
• C)A norm
• D)Potential reward

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