Uncertainties in counterfactuals : the determinants and emotional consequences of counterfactual probability judgments

Counterfactual representations refer to people’s imaginations about the alternative possibilities to the actual world (i.e., what might have been). The present thesis embraces the notion that the psychological impacts of those representations are dictated by the degree of certainty or uncertainty pe...

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Main Author: Zhang, Qiyuan
Published: Durham University 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546611