After Waking Up Late and Rushing to Get Ready for Work

Multiple Choice

After waking up late and rushing to get ready for work, Nina started her car and found that she had a flat tire. This discovery led Nina to feel angry and frustrated. Across town, Jeremiah knew that one of his front tires was getting low on air, but he decided to put off fixing it. When he tried to drive his daughter to school and found that his tire was flat, he felt guilty for not getting it repaired sooner. In this example, the different emotional reactions by Nina and Jeremiah are most likel

A) Different social comparisons
B) The fact that they have different levels of self-esteem
C) Their different appraisals of the situation
D) Their different levels of self-complexity