You Have Reservations About Taking an Advanced Chemistry Class but You

question 59

Multiple Choice

You have reservations about taking an advanced chemistry class but you decide to register anyway.After you receive a D on your first exam you think to yourself,"I knew this class was going to be too hard! I never should have signed up." Your belief that you knew the outcome all along refers to what phenomenon?

• A) Regret
• B) The false uniqueness effect
• C) Hindsight bias
• D) The false consensus effect

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Definitions:

Mindful Awareness

The practice of maintaining a non-judgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one's thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis.

Wandering Mind

A phenomenon where one's thoughts drift away from the current task or environment to unrelated thoughts or fantasies.

Meditation

A practice of mindfulness or concentration, often used for relaxation, stress reduction, and spiritual growth.

DBT

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, a form of psychotherapy that combines strategies from cognitive-behavioral therapy with concepts of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.