Martina Is Having Dinner at a Restaurant

Martina is having dinner at a restaurant. By the time she finishes her meal and is ready to go home, she notices that it is rather late. She wonders if it would be safe for her to walk back home at such a late hour. After considering the dangers of walking alone, Martina decides to take a cab instead. In this scenario, Martina makes her decision based on the ____.

A) hedonic treadmill
B) risk-as-feelings hypothesis
C) broaden-and-build theory
D) affect-as-information hypothesis