The Importance of Drawing a Distinction Between State and Trait

The importance of drawing a distinction between state and trait affect as illustrated by the Cohen and colleagues study (1995) is the apparent

A) misinterpretation of symptoms by the state-negative group
B) cognitive bias of the state- negative group
C) cognitive bias of the trait-negative group
D) predisposition to developing URI symptoms in the state-negative
E) predisposition to developing URI symptoms in the trait-negative group