The risk-as-feelings hypothesis suggests that ____.
A)when evaluating risk, people tend to focus on the safe features of a situation (rather than the unsafe features)
B)when evaluating risk, people completely disregard the probabilities of safe or unsafe outcomes actually occurring
C)people's judgements about risk are overly conscious (with not enough attention paid to automatic assessments)
D)people's judgements about risk are overly emotional (with undue attention paid to gut reactions)

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The risk-as-feelings hypothesis suggests that people's judgments about risk are influenced by emotions, such as fear and anxiety, which can lead to overestimations of risk in certain situations. This can result in people making more conservative choices than they might if they were making a purely rational assessment of the situation.

The Risk-As-Feelings Hypothesis Suggests That ____