"If only I had decided to take a different route home, I wouldn't have hit that stupid tree and ended up getting this huge ticket! Argh!" This thought is an example of ____

a. the false uniqueness effect
b. illusory correlation
c. magical thinking
d. counterfactual thinking

D

Psychology

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a. repeatedly paired with the UCR. b. repeatedly paired with the CS. c. not paired with any other stimulus. d. repeatedly paired with the UCS.

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