Question

Identify the true statement about impact bias.

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.