"Man, Luke is really mad about the changes to the curriculum! I wasn't angry about them until I talked to him," says Alice. This describes ______.
A) meta-emotion
B) emotional contagion
C) manufactured emotion
D) emotional afterglow

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Emotional contagion refers to the phenomenon where one person's emotions and related behaviors directly trigger similar emotions and behaviors in other people. In this scenario, Alice wasn't angry about the curriculum changes until after talking to Luke, who was really mad about them, indicating that his emotions influenced hers.

"Man, Luke Is Really Mad About the Changes to the Curriculum!