Jody Is Known at the Office for Being Meek and Even

question 538

Multiple Choice

Jody is known at the office for being meek and even a pushover. Though people like him, they sometimes joke that if they need something done, Jody will do it. One morning, Jody wears a new tie with an unusual pattern and when a colleague asks him if he was on drugs when he picked it, Jody attacks him. Everyone is so stunned by Jody's sudden aggressiveness that more than a minute passes before people drag him away from the man he was beating. Before the end of the day, Jody is in a psychologist's office, filling out a test that reveals that he has

• A)hidden prejudices.
• B)made a situational attribution.
• C)achieved catharsis.
• D)overcontrolled hostility.
• E)no fashion sense.

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