Self-study
The human emotional response presents an apparent paradox. ██████ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ █████ ████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████ ████ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ███████ █████████ █████████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ██████████
Summary
People think they won’t have emotional responses to things that they know aren’t real, but still get emotional from fiction.
Find or Complete the Application
We want to find a situation where these principles apply. Our right answer will feature someone who has an emotional response to something they know isn’t real, despite not expecting to.
5.
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a
Fred was watching █ ██████ ██████ ████████ ██ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ██ ████████ ██ ████████████ █████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ██████████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████
Fred didn’t expect to have an emotional response due to fictional monsters, but he did anyway. This matches the principles in the stimulus.
b
Tamara was reading ███████ ████████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ███ █ ████ ██ ████████ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ███ █ ████████
We have no clue whether Tamara had an emotional response to Hamlet, despite knowing it was fictional, so this doesn’t match the stimulus.
c
Raheem thought that ███ ██████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████████ ███████ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██████
We want an answer choice with someone who has an emotional response to a situation they know isn’t real. Raheem genuinely thought his sister was in the hospital, so this doesn’t match the stimulus.
d
Jeremy was upset ██ ███ ███████ ████ █ ██████ ██████████ ██ █ ██████ █████████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ██ ████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███████ ███ █████████
We want an answer choice with someone who has an emotional response to a situation they know isn’t real. Jeremy isn’t entirely sure that the writer’s account is fake, so this doesn’t match the stimulus.
e
Sandy was watching █ ████ █████ █████ ███ ███ ████████ ███ ██████ ███████ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████████ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████████
Someone having an emotional response to real events does not match the stimulus, as we’re looking for someone who has an emotional response to something they know is fake.