A wife comes home from work and finds her husband studying for a test. Trying to be thoughtful, she tells him how much she appreciates his dedication to school. Based on research on the relationship between affect and cognition, most probably her husband will
◦ be positively affected by her comments and do better on his test.
◦ be distracted by her comments and do poorly on his test.
◦ not be affected one way or another by the compliment.
◦ feel better about himself, but be unaffected with respect to his test performance.