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fahad

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In a study on the effects of mental simulation, Pham and Taylor (1999) showed that the students who scored highest on an exam were those who
 
  a. envisioned themselves celebrating receiving a good grade on the exam
   b. envisioned how unhappy they would be after receiving a bad grade on the exam
   c. envisioned themselves studying in a way that would produce a good grade on
  the exam
   d. envisioned how others would react upon hearing that they had received a bad
  grade

Question 2

When people are attempting to form judgments from ambiguous information, they will often begin from a known departure point and adjust their judgment from there. This is known as
 
  a. counterfactual thinking
  b. the anchoring heuristic
  c. the conjunction error
  d. the logical error



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frre432

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




fahad

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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