Andrew saw a TV commercial for a new video game that he had been wanting. The game was on sale for 50% off, but the store was set to close in two hours. Andrew was fifteen minutes late getting to the store and missed the sale
To ease his distress about missing the sale, Andrew reasoned that he never really had a chance to get to the store before it closed because traffic was too heavy, even though he could have taken a different, quicker route. This is an example of ________.
A) affective shifting
B) contra-affective cognition
C) affective heuristics
D) wishful thinking
E) counterfactual thinking
Answer: E
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