Marcy comes back from her six mile run and is annoyed to find that her husband Takeshi left the milk out on the counter. According to the excitation-transfer theory of aggression, how is Marcy likely to react when she sees Takeshi?

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According to the excitation-transfer theory of aggression, physiological arousal from one source (in this case, running) can transfer to and intensify the emotional reaction to another source (in this case, finding the milk left out). This means that Marcy is more likely to act aggressively towards Takeshi because she is already physiologically aroused from her run.

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