Eight-year-old Megan reads a sentence such as "You are home all alone," and is asked how she would feel in the situation. Megan is likely to believe that this situation
A) cannot make a person feel more than one emotion at the same time.
B) cannot make a person experience two different emotions that differ in intensity at the same time.
C) can make a person feel both good and bad at the same time.
D) cannot influence how a person feels.

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According to research on emotional development, 8-year-olds are capable of experiencing and identifying mixed emotions. Therefore, they can feel both positive (e.g., excited to have the house to oneself) and negative emotions (e.g., scared of being alone) at the same time in a situation like being home alone.

Eight-Year-Old Megan Reads a Sentence Such as "You Are Home