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.
Question 2
According to studies discussed in the text, one consequence of analyzing or generating reasons for their attitudes is that people will
a. change their attitudes to bring them in line with the reasons.
b. change their list of reasons to bring them in line with their attitudes.
c. become self-aware and hold less positive attitudes.
d. alter their behaviors to correspond to their original attitudes.
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