Edge: AFFECTIVE FORECASTING...OR...THE BIG WOMBASSA

<p class="default">Hedonic Forecasting Affective Forecasting.&#160;

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The impact bias: people think that a given goal will have a larger impact than they actually do.&#160;

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People are rationalizers "they cope by rationalizing, ie reconceptualizing things to minimize the impact of bad events."&#160;

Rationalizing is one thing that causes impact bias.&#160;

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Another impact biaser: we base our impression on only a small sample of images.&#160;

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