Author Question: You were supposed to make an important presentation at work, but you overslept, the bus was late, ... (Read 73 times)

jace · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

You were supposed to make an important presentation at work, but you overslept, the bus was late, and you missed the meeting. If you are able to generate many ways in which to undo this terrible outcome, you will experience ________ emotional reaction.

a. no
b. a mild
c. a strong
d. an unclear

Question 2

When Jana was chiding herself for losing her favorite necklace and reciting a list of all the things she could have done to prevent the loss, her grandmother said, Now, Jana. Don't cry over spilled milk.

In essence, Jana's grandmother was advising her to
a. use base rates rather than the representativeness heuristic.
b. avoid the self-fulfilling prophecy.
c. stop engaging in counterfactual thinking.
d. adjust her judgment farther away from the anchor.