A mother who has tragically lost a daughter in a car accident spends her days rehearsing "if onlys." "If only I had made her stay home that night"; "If only she had taken Route 78 instead of Route 22";
"If only I had offered to chauffeur her instead of letting her drive herself." The mother is engaging in the process known as
a. counterfactual thinking.
b. blaming the victim.
c. the availability heuristic.
d. the self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: A
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