Research on affective forecasting suggests that, when people are asked to predict how they would feel if they lost their jobs, they ____.
A)are fairly accurate at predicting both how they would feel and how long they would feel that way
B)are fairly accurate at predicting how they would feel but tend to overestimate how long they would feel that way
C)are fairly accurate at predicting how they would feel but tend to underestimate how long they would feel that way
D)are not very accurate at predicting how they would feel or how long they would feel that way

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Research on affective forecasting shows that while people can often predict the nature of their emotional reactions to future events, they tend to overestimate the duration of those emotions, a phenomenon known as the "impact bias."

Research on Affective Forecasting Suggests That, When People Are Asked