Jill is a senior in high school. All through her academic career, she has made good grades and has never engaged in delinquent acts. Two months prior to graduation, Jill's mother was in a car accident. A man under the influence of alcohol ran a red light and crashed into Jill's mother's car, killing her on impact. Jill was close to her mother, and her death strongly affected Jill's behavior. She began staying out late; her grades started slipping, and she began drinking alcohol. What negative affective state is Jill experiencing?

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Damien Hodges

18 March, 12:29

Jill is a senior in high school. All through her academic career, she has made good grades and has never engaged in delinquent acts. Two months prior to graduation, Jill's mother was in a car accident. A man under the influence of alcohol ran a red light and crashed into Jill's mother's car, killing her on impact. Jill was close to her mother, and her death strongly affected Jill's behavior. She began staying out late; her grades started slipping, and she began drinking alcohol. What negative affective state is Jill experiencing?

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Jill is experiencing: Removal of positively valued stimuli

Explanation:

When a person such as Jill, experiences a lost, or goes through a very devastating situation, the effects of it generates a change in that a person's behavior as a respond of the pain and conflict. She has gone through a removal of positevly valued stimuli, in this cases people can turn their normal behavior into a descrutive, and carless one.