When Asked to Predict Their Emotional Reaction to Being Injured

question 76

Multiple Choice

When asked to predict their emotional reaction to being injured in a car accident, most people know that they would be upset but tend to overestimate for how long they would be upset. Research suggests that this error may occur because ____.

• A)when imagining their reaction, people focus too much attention on the possible injury and do not consider other (happy)events that are likely to happen in their lives
• B)bad events are stronger than good events
• C)of the affect-as-information hypothesis
• D)people do not take catharsis into account

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