You promised a friend to pick him up after work.As you arrive at home, your friend calls you and says that he has been waiting for over an hour for you to pick him up.You realize that you have not lived up to your promise and feel shame.Richard Lazarus would say that your feeling of shame occurred because of your
A) unconscious attribution.
B) emotional appraisal.
C) cognitive distinction.
D) facial feedback.

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Richard Lazarus would argue that the emotion of shame arises from our appraisal of a situation, where we evaluate our behavior against our own standards and find that we have fallen short. The fact that the individual in the scenario feels shame suggests that they are evaluating their behavior as not meeting their own expectations for how they should treat their friend.

You Promised a Friend to Pick Him Up After Work