Which finding BEST summarizes the influence of negative emotion on thinking?
A) Positive emotion can have beneficial effects, as when people put into a positive mood improve their creative thinking.
B) In all cases, positive affect improves the quality of thinking.
C) Positive affect often impairs reasoning, but the result also depends on the task and individual differences in participants.
D) In many cases, positive affect impairs learning.

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The finding states that positive emotion can have beneficial effects on creative thinking, which implies that negative emotion has a detrimental effect on thinking. The other options either suggest that positive emotion always improves thinking or that it depends on the task and individual differences, but do not directly address the influence of negative emotion.

Which Finding BEST Summarizes the Influence of Negative Emotion on Thinking