Bethany's Boyfriend Has Just Broken Up with Her

Bethany's boyfriend has just broken up with her. At first she is heartbroken, thinking that she has lost the perfect man. As the weeks go by, she realizes that there were negative things about the relationship that she had not acknowledged. Eventually she comes to see the breakup as an opportunity rather than a disaster. Bethany is engaging in ____________, which research suggests will ____________.

A) rumination; change neural processing of emotion
B) rumination; change patterns of physiological arousal
C) cognitive reappraisal; change patterns of physiological arousal
D) cognitive reappraisal; change neural processing of emotion

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