Question

Identify the true statement about impact bias.

a. It is most commonly referred to as the false consensus effect.
b. It excludes the impact of emotion-causing events.
c. Under impact bias, the emotional traces of good tidings stay forever.
d. People are prone to impact bias after negative events.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. People are prone to impact bias after negative events.

Explanation:

Impact bias occurs when people overestimate the length or the intensity of future emotional states. This often occurs after negative events, as people believe that these will be much worse than they actually are, and that recovery from them will take much longer than it actually does. There are several reasons for the existence of the impact bias, including the fact that we have inaccurate cultural theories about pain or that we are bad at estimating how an experience feels if we have never experienced it before.