Shania thought that once she got a big promotion and purchased a larger house, she would finally be happy. In reality, she felt just as empty as she did before. This is an example of ______.
A. having highly abstract goals
B. lack of congruence among different goals and high internal conflict
C. extrinsic motivation
D. poor affective forecasting
Ans: D
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