Question

Franco participated in an experience sampling study of emotional experience. The participants in the study ranged in age from 18 to 90. He wore a pager, and every time he was paged he checks off the emotions he was experiencing at that moment on a list. Franco and others in his age group reported that positive emotions lasted longer than for the other study participants, but they reported that negative emotional states ended more quickly. What age group is Franco most likely to be in?
a. The youngest group (18 to 25).
b. The middle-aged group (35 to 55).
c. The oldest group (65 and up).
d. There is no reliable age difference in emotional experience.

Answer 1

Answer: B. The middle-aged group (35 to 55)

Explanation: Due to the description given in the context about Franco's behavior and handling of different emotional effects., it could be inferred that Franco belongs to the middle-aged grouo(35 - 55) who are affected or impacted by negative evaluation or comment but not as positive evaluation. Within the middle-aged group, negative evaluation do not last long as do positive evaluation. Younger group (18 - 25) dwell more on negative evaluation or Comment than those in the middle or older age group. As people grow, they show increasing tendency to ward off negative emotions faster.