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Counterfactual-seeking: The scenic overlook of the road not taken
(2011-07-25)
Decision-makers faced with an opportunity to learn the outcome of a foregone
alternative must balance anticipated regret, should that information be unfavorable, with
the potential benefits of this information in reducing ...
Praise for regret: people value regret above other negative emotions
(2011-02-07)
What do people think about the emotion of regret? Recent demonstrations of the psychological
benefits of regret have been framed against an assumption that most people find regret to be
aversive, both when experienced ...
Self-report measures of individual differences in regulatory focus: a cautionary note
(2011-02-07)
Regulatory focus theory distinguishes between two independent structures of strategic inclination,
promotion versus prevention. However, the theory implies two potentially independent definitions
of these inclinations, the ...
Dare to compare: fact-based versus simulation-based comparison in daily life
(2011-02-07)
We examined the relative frequency of social, counter factual, past-temporal, and future-temporal
comparison in daily life using an experience-sampling method, in which participants were
randomly prompted to record thought ...