It was raining out and Jessie's car had a flat tire. After she managed to fix it, she arrived home late only to find someone had parked in her assigned parking spot. When she entered her apartment, she kicked her pet cat, who was waiting at the door. Jessie's behavior is perhaps most easily explained in terms of
A) the frustration-aggression theory.
B) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
C) the Murphy's law.
D) the social learning theory.

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Jessie's behavior of kicking her pet cat may be due to frustration, which can elicit aggressive behavior according to the frustration-aggression theory. The combination of the rain, the flat tire, and the parking spot being taken could have contributed to her frustration and subsequent aggression towards her cat.

It Was Raining Out and Jessie's Car Had a Flat