Tim Drinks an Extra Large Cappuccino Just Before Leaving Work

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Tim drinks an extra large cappuccino just before leaving work and drives home fully pumped with caffeine. While driving, he gets cut off by another car. Tim becomes extremely angry at the other driver-far angrier than usual. This is because he misinterprets the arousal that he is feeling from the caffeine as anger that he is feeling toward the other driver. That is, he engages in the process of ________________.

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Definitions:

Spirometer

An instrument used to measure the volume of air inhaled and exhaled by the lungs.

Residual Volume

the amount of air remaining in the lungs after a forced exhalation, ensuring that gas exchange continues even between breaths.

Boyle's Law

A gas law stating that the pressure of a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.

Respiratory Membrane

The respiratory membrane is the barrier through which gas exchange occurs between the air in the lungs and the blood in the capillaries.