When the strikers learned that their union's latest offer had been turned down by management, Roger was annoyed, Sylvester was angry, and Clyde was enraged. Robert Plutnik would suggest that these three men were
A) experiencing different unique secondary emotions.
B) experiencing different unique primary emotions.
C) experiencing different intensities of the same primary emotion.
D) each labeling their emotions differently due to differences in experience.

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According to Robert Plutnik's basic emotion theory, there are six primary emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise. Roger, Sylvester, and Clyde are all experiencing anger, which is a primary emotion. However, they are experiencing different intensities of anger, with Roger being mildly annoyed, Sylvester being moderately angry, and Clyde being extremely enraged. Therefore, they are all experiencing the same primary emotion, but with different intensities.

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