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melly21297

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Research by Pronin and colleagues (2006) indicates that imagining an event before it occurs can lead people to
 
  a. take credit for influencing the event.
  b. exhibit more accurate memory for the event.
  c. overcome the illusion of mental causation.
  d. suppress unwanted thoughts about the event.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a self-serving tendency used to enhance self-esteem?
 
  a. People tend to take credit for their successes, but not their failures.
  b. People underestimate the probability of positive outcomes and overestimate the probability that they willexperience negative outcomes.
 c. People overestimate the extent to which they can control personal outcomes.
  d. People bolster their optimism by linking their individual attributes to desirable outcomes.


Christopher

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b


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