The Panic Button Effect Refers to the Tendency for People

question 33

Multiple Choice

The panic button effect refers to the tendency for people ____.

• A)to experience automatic, intrusive thoughts about a goal when pursuit of that goal has been interrupted
• B)to perceive negative things that happen to them as more stressful or painful than negative things that happen to other people
• C)to feel relatively less stress or suffering when they think that they have the option of escaping from a situation
• D)to give greater weight to potential losses than to potential gains,  panicking when the losses become unacceptable

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