Question

"You must study for two tests within the next eight hours. Both tests should require six hours of study time, which is four hours more time than you have. You need to make a good grade on both tests. So, you begin studying for one test and then start thinking about the need to study for the other, so you switch to the other subject. You are experiencing ____ due to this ____ conflict."

a. "a reaction known as ""leaving the field""; approach-avoidance"

b. freezing; avoidance-avoidance

c. vacillation; double approach-avoidance

d. indecision; approach-approach

Answer 1

The student is experiencing vacillation due to this double approach-avoidance conflict. So, the correct answer is option c.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is experiencing vacillation due to this double approach-avoidance conflict. Vacillation refers to being indecisive or uncertain, which is evident in the student's switching between studying for one test and then thinking about the need to study for the other. The conflict is double approach-avoidance because the student wants to make a good grade on both tests but lacks the time to study adequately for both. So, the correct answer is option c.