Based on recent research regarding the ability to forecast emotional reactions to major events, people tend to
A) be accurate judges of the emotional impact of future events.
B) underestimate the emotional impact of negative events but not positive events.
C) underestimate the emotional impact of positive events but not negative events.
D) overestimate the emotional impact of both negative and positive events.

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Research in affective forecasting shows that people often overestimate the emotional impact of both negative and positive events. This is due to the impact bias, where individuals predict that future events will have a more significant emotional effect on them than they actually do.

Based on Recent Research Regarding the Ability to Forecast Emotional