One Theory Suggests That Positive Emotions Function to Buffer People

Multiple Choice

One theory suggests that positive emotions function to buffer people against future "hard times" by expanding people's current attention and mind-set (e.g., making them relatively creative, exploratory, and adventurous) . This theory is known as ____.

A) the broaden-and-build theory
B) the hedonic treadmill theory
C) the affect-as-information hypothesis
D) excitation transfer