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.Lazarus would say that your feeling of shame occurred because of your
A)individual attribution.
B)emotional appraisal.
C)cognitive distinction.
D)facial feedback.

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Lazarus proposed the cognitive-mediational theory, which suggests that emotional experiences are the result of cognitive evaluations of the situation. In this scenario, feeling shame occurred because the individual appraised the situation as a failure to live up to their promise, leading to the emotion of shame. Therefore, the emotional appraisal (B) best explains the feeling of shame, rather than individual attribution (A), cognitive distinction (C), or facial feedback (D).

You Promised a Friend to Pick Him Up After Work