Question

1. multiple choice:w il best illustrates why the haunte tion improved participants mooo.

○ a. \in addition to unsettling charac rs and special effects, they were touched by the actors, restrained and exposed to electricity.\ (paragraph 7)
○ b. \before they entered the attraction, each completed a survey about their expectations and how they were feeling.\ (paragraph 8)
○ c. \the more terrifying the better: feeling happy afterward was related to rating the experience as highly intense and scary.\ (paragraph 10)
○ d. \in other words, highly intense and scary activities -- at least in a controlled environment like this haunted attraction -- may \shut down\ the brain...\ (paragraph 11)

Explanation:

• Option A describes the elements of the haunted attraction (unsettling characters, special effects, physical contact, restraint, electricity exposure) but doesn't directly explain mood improvement.
• Option B is about a survey before entering the attraction, which is related to data collection (expectations and initial feelings) rather than explaining mood improvement.
• Option C clearly states that feeling happy (mood improvement) was related to rating the experience as highly intense and scary. This directly links the nature of the haunted - attraction experience (intense and scary) to the mood improvement.
• Option D talks about the effect of intense and scary activities on the brain ("shut down" the brain) but doesn't explicitly connect it to mood improvement like Option C does.

Answer:

C. "The more terrifying the better: feeling happy afterward was related to rating the experience as highly intense and scary." (Paragraph 10)