The So-Called Panic Button Effect Refers to the Tendency for People

question 167

Multiple Choice

The so-called panic button effect refers to the tendency for people ____.

• A) to experience automatic, intrusive thoughts about a goal when pursuit of that goal has been interrupted
• B) to perceive negative things that happen to them as more stressful or painful than negative things that happen to other people
• C) to feel relatively less stress or suffering when they think that they have the option of escaping from a situation (compared to when they think they do not have the option of escaping)
• D) to give greater weight to potential losses than to potential gains when making decisions

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