Define counterfactual thinking and provide an example of this bias
What will be an ideal response?
Counterfactual thinking refers to imagining what might have been given a particular situation or outcome. For example, if a student received a low grade on a test and then thought of an imaginary outcome that could have occurred had he or she studied more, then that student is engaging in counterfactual thinking.
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a. increased use of intravenous narcotic use b. decreased narcotic related crime c. increased price of illicit narcotics d. increased toxicity and lethality associated with using illicit narcotics
What has been found related to reporting patterns of rape? a. Men are more likely than women to report rape because they are more likely to seek justice and revenge
b. Victims of rape are more likely to report the rape if the assailant was a stranger and there was a weapon involved. c. Women who report the attack to police are found to have more negative outcomes due to having to submit to police procedures of "reliving" the experience. d. All of these