Question

Brian, a student who wants to get back into shape, decides to ride a bike to campus every day. a few days after getting into his new routine, he decides to cycle from his afternoon lab at uc-santa barbara all the way to the santa barbara beach. once his adrenaline is piqued by the exercise, he notices a passerby smiling at him benignly. he is most likely to react with a feeling of: 1. arousal. 2. ambivalence. 3. jealousy. 4. exhaustion.

Answer 1

The correct answer is number 2. Ambivalence.

Ambivalence refers to the state of having mixed feelings or different ideas about something or a person. In the given situation, Brian had the feeling of ambivalence, since a passerby had smiled on him, which possibly made him think about different ideas that the person may like him or knows him.