Which of the following statements is true?

A) People are reasonably good at predicting what the strength of their emotional reactions to future events will be.
B) People are fairly poor at predicting what the strength of their emotional reactions to future events will be.
C) People tend never to think about what their emotional reactions to future events will be.
D) People who are high in private self-consciousness generally provide more accurate predictions of their emotional reactions to future events.

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Rowdah Abdulraouf · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Research has shown that people are poor at predicting the strength of their emotional reactions to future events. This is known as the affective forecasting error. Despite our inclination to think we know how we will feel in the future, our predictions are often inaccurate.

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