As the three children approached the house that everyone claimed was haunted, Yvette was apprehensive, Mackenzie was afraid, and Jayme was terrified. Robert Plutnik would suggest that these three children were
A) experiencing different unique secondary emotions.
B) experiencing different intensities of the same primary emotion.
C) experiencing different unique primary emotions.
D) each labeling their emotions differently due to differences in experience.

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The three children are all experiencing fear, which is a primary emotion. However, they are experiencing different intensities of that same emotion, as Yvette is only apprehensive, Mackenzie is afraid, and Jayme is terrified.

As the Three Children Approached the House That Everyone Claimed