Jeff has decided to go on a diet,but unfortunately Jeff's mother has made his favorite dessert,apple pie.After a big dinner,his mother brings out the pie and Jeff cannot resist having two pieces.In Epstein's terminology,Jeff's ________ won out over his ________.
A) subjective stimulus values; self-regulatory systems
B) affective system; cognitive system
C) experiential system; rational system
D) phenomenology; consciousness

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The experiential system (which includes emotions and desires) won out over the rational system (which includes self-regulatory systems). This is evidenced by Jeff giving in to the temptation of the apple pie despite his goal of going on a diet.

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