After waking up late and rushing to get ready for work, Nina started her car and found that she had a flat tire. This discovery led Nina to feel angry and frustrated. Across town, Jeremiah knew that one of his front tires was getting low on air, but he decided to put off fixing it. When he tried to drive his daughter to school and found that his tire was flat, he felt guilty for not getting it repaired sooner. In this example, the different emotional reactions by Nina and Jeremiah are most likel

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Nina and Jeremiah had different emotional reactions because they appraised the situation differently. Nina felt angry and frustrated because she felt like the flat tire was an inconvenience that was preventing her from getting to work on time. Jeremiah, on the other hand, felt guilty because he knew that he should have fixed his tire earlier and prevented the inconvenience of having a flat tire when he needed to take his daughter to school. Their emotional reactions were based on their individual appraisals of the situation.

After Waking Up Late and Rushing to Get Ready for Work