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Haya94

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When individuals mentally compare their current outcomes with more favorable possible outcomes, they are engaging in ________.
 
  A) downward counterfactuals
  B) upward counterfactuals
  C) motivating counterfactuals
  D) dissatisfaction counterfactuals
  E) mitigating counterfactuals

Question 2

When people engage in magical thinking, they tend to ________.
 
  A) resist suggestions to suppress unwanted thoughts
  B) experience mood congruence effects very strongly
  C) overuse the representativeness heuristic
  D) make compelling assumptions that are not rational
  E) create or notice self-fulfilling prophecies



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jaaaaaaa

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D




Haya94

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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