Based on What the Authors of Your Text Report on Affective

question 85

Multiple Choice

Based on what the authors of your text report on affective forecasting, how good are we at predicting what will make us happy in the future?

• A) very accurate most of the time
• B) moderately accurate most of the time
• C) not very accurate much of the time
• D) only accurate when the stakes are high

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