When Asked to Predict Their Emotional Reaction to Being Paralyzed

question 82

Multiple Choice

When asked to predict their emotional reaction to being paralyzed 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 this, people focus too much attention on the possible paralysis, and do not consider other (happy) events that will happen in their lives
• B) bad is stronger than good
• C) of the affect-as-information effect
• D) people do not take catharsis into account

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