Jody Is Known at the Office for Being Meek and Even

Multiple Choice

Jody is known at the office for being meek and even a pushover. Though people like him, they sometimes joke that if they need something done, Jody will do it. One morning, Jody wears a new tie with an unusual pattern and when a colleague asks him if he was on drugs when he picked it, Jody attacks him. Everyone is so stunned by Jody's sudden aggressiveness that more than a minute passes before people drag him away from the man he was beating. Before the end of the day, Jody is in a psychologist's office, filling out a test that reveals that he has

A) hidden prejudices.
B) made a situational attribution.
C) achieved catharsis.
D) overcontrolled hostility.
E) no fashion sense.