If an instructor says calmly 'The traffic light ahead is green', how might a nervous learner interpret this on the 'Relationship Ear' (Beziehungsohr) versus the 'Appeal Ear' (Appellohr)?

1. On all ears: 'The traffic light is broken'
2. On the relationship ear: 'My instructor thinks I am too slow and incompetent'; on the appeal ear: 'Step on the gas and drive through quickly before it turns amber'
3. On the appeal ear: 'Stop immediately and turn off the engine'
4. On the relationship ear: 'The instructor is only stating a neutral fact'; on the appeal ear: 'No action is expected'