Assertion (A) Under stressful situation, a person is unable to listen to and understand the message correctly.
Reason (R) During stressful situations, the psychological frame of mind changes and the message gets distorted due to the beliefs, experience, goals and values held by the receiver of the message.

A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C. (A) is correct, whereas (R) is incorrect

D. (R) is correct, whereas (A) is incorrect

Answer: Option A