In an Incident Described in the Textbook,one of the Authors

question 20

Multiple Choice

In an incident described in the textbook,one of the authors was attending the funeral of an American friend of Syrian descent.Whenever a visitor would enter the funeral parlor,a group of women would shriek and wail.Why did the women respond in this manner?

• A)They mistook the visitor for the brother of the deceased.
• B)They were hired to display appropriately strong emotions.
• C)They were genuinely grief-stricken.
• D)They felt personally responsible for the death of the individual.

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