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What is counterfactual thinking?How can counterfactual thinking help influence our emotional responses to a particular outcome?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What are descriptive norms? What are injunctive norms?How do they differ?Provide an example of each.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Counterfactual thinking is the process of imagining alternative, might have been versions of actual events.If the counterfactual outcome is more positive or happier than the actual outcome, we may feel sad.If the counterfactual outcome is more negative or sadder, we may feel happy.

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Answer: Descriptive norms define what is commonly done in a situation.Injunctiv e norms describe what is approved or disapproved in a situation.Differenc e: the first refers to what is the case, the latter what ought or ought not to be the case.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Wow, this really help

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