PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Counterfactual Thinking, Psych, Social Perception
29 Oct 2020
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Counterfactual thinking we often imagine what if . Imaging alternative outcomes that could have happened, but did not. If the imagined result is better than the actual result = disappointment. If the imagined result is worse than what actually happened = happy. An event triggers a primary state (usually fear) an unlearned, automatic response, which in turn triggers . An opponent state (usually relief) a response that is the emotional opposite of the primary state. As the experience is repeated, the strength of the primary state, decreases, the strength of the opponent state remains. No differences in terms of true emotional reaction. When watching a video of people in distress, all of the physiological measures of distress were the same for both men and women. The more you try to do something, the less likely you are to. when jury is told to not regard a comment, it is hard not to. Where you actually express the opposite emotion.
