Recall Medvec and her colleagues' (1995) study of the emotions experienced by Olympic athletes who won bronze and silver medals. If silver medalists outperformed bronze medalists, why were they less happy?
a. The gold medalists taunted the silver medalists more than they did the bronze medalists.
b. It was easier for silver medalists to imagine winning the gold medal.
c. Bronze medalists were grateful simply to have the opportunity to compete.
d. There is a positive correlation between talent and competitiveness.
Question 2
Assume that the winning lottery ticket was purchased at the convenience store just around the corner from your house.
According to research on counterfactual thinking, you would probably feel worse than if the winning ticket had been purchased all the way across the state, because
a. you could easily remember what it was like to struggle to make every penny count.
b. it would be easy to imagine all the wonderful things you could do with the prize.
c. you could think back on a dozen opportunities that you had to buy the winning ticket, but didn't.
d. you would assume that the local winner is similar to you.
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