Vince Is Watching His School's Team Play in the Championship

question 28

Multiple Choice

Vince is watching his school's team play in the championship basketball game.He is wildly cheering his team on to victory, talking to everyone around him, even though they are strangers, and shouting at the referees for making bad calls on his team.From psychologist Walter Mischel's perspective, Vince is primarily behaving due to

• A)his extremely strong competitiveness and extraversion.
• B)the extremely strong effects of the six tacos he ate for lunch.
• C)his extremely strong long-term commitment to the basketball team.
• D)the extremely strong effects of the immediate situation.

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