Analyzing the Reasons for Why We Feel What We Do

question 171

Multiple Choice

Analyzing the reasons for why we feel what we do is not always the best strategy for making sense of our feelings.This is because

• A) reasons that are easy to verbalize are not always the most influential reasons.
• B) self-enhancement motives are more powerful than accuracy motives.
• C) we are likely to fall prey to the fundamental attribution error.
• D) such introspections can feel paralyzing, and thus negatively affect our mood.

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