Positive emotions broaden people's cognitive responses by promoting new and beneficial_____in which established ways of positive thinking are associated with particular acts or behaviors.

A) thought-action tendencies
B) emotion-eliciting tendencies
C) specific-action tendencies
D) neutral emotional state tendencies

Positive emotions are linked to broader cognitive responses through "thought-action tendencies," which suggest that positive thinking can lead to a variety of beneficial actions or behaviors. This concept is part of Barbara Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory, which posits that positive emotions broaden one's awareness and encourage novel, varied, and exploratory thoughts and actions.