You are watching a show on TV while speaking on your cell phone to a loved one. A commercial with a couple fighting appears. Suddenly, the person says something on the phone and you get irritated. The person on the other side of the line is perplexed by your response. This is an example of
A)the interpreter.
B)left hemisphere brain activity.
C)rationalization.
D)All of the answer options are correct.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This scenario illustrates how the brain interprets and integrates different sources of information (the interpreter), involves the left hemisphere which is responsible for language and possibly interpreting the emotional content of both the commercial and the phone conversation, and how one might rationalize their irritation by attributing it to the conversation rather than the influence of the commercial.

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