PSYC*2130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Extenuating Circumstances, Counterfactual Thinking, Thought Suppression
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Thinking prone to biases: negativity bias, greater sensitivity to negative info than positive info, ex. Expect to do better than you actually do c. ii. Estimate it takes 2 hours to read ch 2-4 when it would take you 4 hours because we apply desires, disregard past experience, and just think about future c. ii. 2. No one expects to get married and then: factors divorced d. i. Motivation and desire: counterfactual thinking (ct, tendency to think about what might have been , automatic, preventing it requires active processing whereby we suppress or discount the counterfactual thought, two types c. i. Upward ct comparing outcomes to more favourable ones (bronze vs. gold medal) c. i. 2. Downward ct comparing outcomes to less favourable ones (bronze vs. no medal: applications in therapeutic and applied settings, thought suppression, two components: a. i. Interview anxiety: extenuating circumstances can impair thought suppression resulting in rebound b. i.
