Question

Sasha is taking her family to Disney World. She predicts that she will feel immense happiness seeing her young daughter, Emerald, meet all the princesses at the theme park. However, when her daughter Emerald meets the first princess, Sasha does not feel as happy as she thought she would. Sasha's experience is an example of what concept?

Select one:
a. impact bias
b. durability bias
c. availability heuristic
d. representativeness heuristic

Answer 1

Answer: A. Impact bias

Explanation: Impact bias is a phenomenon in psychology that means that people overestimate a certain future emotion. This may mean that they overestimate the length as well as the intensity of some future emotion, which is the case with Sasha. Sasha overestimated the intensity of future emotional state, which occurred when her daughter met the princesses.