Belinda Makes a Quick Stop at the Grocery Store on the Way

question 20

Multiple Choice

Belinda makes a quick stop at the grocery store on the way home from work, in order to pick up a few items. She carries her keys into the store, and in her rush she almost puts them down in order to reach up for an item on a high shelf. In a flash, however, she imagines leaving the keys on the grocery shelf, forgetting them, and getting back to her car only to realize she has lost her keys. The thought is so unpleasant that she carefully puts the keys in her purse instead. This example illustrates which of the following theoretical models?

• A) The affect infusion model
• B) The synaptic tag-and-capture hypothesis
• C) The somatic marker hypothesis
• D) The broaden and build hypothesis