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jenna1

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The tendency to mentally undo events or to ask What if? is called
 
  a. the base-rate fallacy.
  b. attribution.
  c. counterfactual thinking.
  d. the fundamental attribution error.

Question 2

Participants in one study rated fictional food additives that were more difficult to pronounce as more hazardous to health. These results demonstrate that people
 
  a. tend to fear things that sound unfamiliar.
  b. prefer to eat things that they have heard of.
  c. underestimate their own fears and anxieties.
  d. are unlikely to eat something that they can't pronounce.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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