When People Are Asked to Predict How They Would Feel

question 152

Multiple Choice

When people are asked to predict how they would feel if a certain event occurred in their lives, they are ____ at predicting which emotion they would feel. Research additionally shows that these same people are ____ at predicting how long they would be emotionally affected.

• A)usually inaccurate; usually inaccurate
• B)usually inaccurate; nevertheless fairly accurate
• C)fairly accurate; also fairly accurate
• D)fairly accurate; nevertheless rather inaccurate

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