Browsing Psychology (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "the exceptionality effect"

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    • 'If only counterfactuals and the exceptionality effect' 

      BYRNE, RUTH MARY JOSEPHINE (Erlbaum, 2009)
      People create counterfactual `if only? alternatives that change exceptional actions to be normal (e.g., `if only he had placed his usual small bet he would have lost less money?). Two experiments show that this effect ...