The Authors of Your Text Explain That People Tend to Overestimate

question 187

Multiple Choice

The authors of your text explain that people tend to overestimate how bad they will feel if a negative event were to happen to them.This tendency is called

• A)the rationalization trap.
• B)cognitive dissonance.
• C)self-affirmation.
• D)the impact bias.

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