Richard Lazarus and His Colleagues Showed Participants a Film Depicting

Multiple Choice

Richard Lazarus and his colleagues showed participants a film depicting an aboriginal puberty ritual where young boys had their penises cut with a jagged knife. As predicted, participants who saw a version of the film with what was called the _________ soundtrack experienced the highest levels of arousal, thus providing direct support for Lazarus's contention that ______________________.

A) "silent"; arousal affects cognitive appraisals
B) "trauma"; cognitive appraisals affect arousal
C) "denial"; arousal affects cognitive appraisals
D) "silent"; cognitive appraisals affect arousal