Question

Colton's manager expresses a concern that colton has been late with several recent reports. colton writes an email about the incident to his colleague, shawn, saying that it is impossible to get the reports done in the time given. shawn replies, objectively noting that colton has been spending a lot of time on social media at work. colton responds with "i thought you were my friend." colton's behavior is an example of

Answer 1

This situation is an example of the negativity effect. Colton's behavior has the negativity effect in his overall behavior. He conclude that shawn is not his friend because according to shawn responds, colton spend almost his time on social media while on work.