The critical reading section in this chapter discusses the researchers Isabelle Blanchette (2014) and Roy Baumeister and his colleagues (2007), who conducted literature reviews on whether emotion makes people irrational. These researchers concluded that:
A) almost always, emotions make a person think and behave irrationally.
B) only negative emotions make a person think and behave irrationally.
C) emotions sometimes hinder and sometimes help people's reasoning and decision making.
D) often positive emotions make a person think and behave irrationally, and they never facilitate thinking.

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The researchers concluded that emotions can both hinder and help people's reasoning and decision making, meaning that emotions have both positive and negative effects on rational thinking. Option A is incorrect because the researchers did not conclude that emotions almost always make people irrational. Option B is incorrect because the researchers did not conclude that only negative emotions make people irrational. Option D is incorrect because the researchers did not conclude that positive emotions never facilitate thinking.

The Critical Reading Section in This Chapter Discusses the Researchers