Counterfactuals are mental representations of alternatives to the past and produce consequences that are both beneficial and aversive to the individual.
2023年4月7日 — Counterfactual thinking can help us learn from our mistakes, help us problem-solve, and inspire us to make different decisions in the present ...
由 RMJ Byrne 著作 · 2016 · 被引用 505 次 — People spontaneously create counterfactual alternatives to reality when they think if only or what if and imagine how the past could have been different ...
thinking about what did not ... Thoughts about how an embarrassing event might have turned out differently are known to psychologists as counterfactual thinking.
由 K Epstude 著作 · 2008 · 被引用 1176 次 — Counterfactuals are thoughts about alternatives to past events, that is, thoughts of what might have been. This article provides an updated account of the ...