Dr Terwilliger Asks a Sample of Undergraduates How They Think

question 175

Multiple Choice

Dr. Terwilliger asks a sample of undergraduates how they think they would feel after receiving a low grade on a test or assignment and how they think they would feel after receiving a high grade on a test or assignment. She then has the students record the nature and intensity of their feelings each time they receive a test or assignment grade for the remainder of the semester. Based on your text's discussion of affective forecasting, which pattern of results should Dr, Terwilliger find?

• A) The students accurately predicted that they would feel bad after a low grade and good after a high one, but they overestimated how bad or good they would feel.
• B) The students accurately predicted that they would feel bad after a low grade and good after a high one, but they underestimated how bad or good they would feel.
• C) The students accurately predicted that they would feel bad after a low grade and good after a high one, and they accurately predicted how bad or good they would feel.
• D) The students inaccurately predicted both the nature and intensity of their feelings after either low or high grades.

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