Regarding feelings, May believed that
a) people should recognize that they play an active role in creating their own feelings.
b) feelings are less important than the behaviors to which they lead.
c) feelings are more universal and less idiosyncratic than most individuals recognize.
d) the accumulation of positive and negative feelings is typically equivalent over the course of the life span.
Ans: a) people should recognize that they play an active role in creating their own feelings.
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