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Recall that a group of researchers interviewed people who had suffered the loss of a spouse or child. They found that the more ________, the more distress the survivors reported.
 
  a. violent the cause of death
  b. easily they could imagine how the death could have been prevented
  c. vivid the survivors' memories of the death
  d. unpreventable the deaths were perceived to be

Question 2

A mother who has tragically lost a daughter in a car accident spends her days rehearsing if onlys. If only I had made her stay home that night; If only she had taken Route 78 instead of Route 22;
 
  If only I had offered to chauffeur her instead of letting her drive herself. The mother is engaging in the process known as
   a. counterfactual thinking.
   b. blaming the victim.
   c. the availability heuristic.
   d. the self-fulfilling prophecy.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A





 

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