The psychology of counterfactual thinking / edited by David R. Mandel, Denis J. Hilton, and Patrizia Catellani.

• Superior document: Routledge research international series in social psychology ; 9
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Mandel, David R., 1966-; Hilton, Denis J.; Catellani, Patrizia.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge research international series in social psychology ; 9.
• Physical Description: xii, 251 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Counterfactual and causal explanation: from early theoretical views to new frontiers / David R. Mandel -- The relation between counterfactual and causal reasoning / Barbara A. Spellman, Alexandra P. Kincannon and Stephen J. Stose -- The course of events: counterfactuals, causal sequences and explanation / Denis J. Hilton, John L. McClure, and Ben R. Slugoski -- The mental representation of what might have been / Clare R. Walsh and Ruth M. J. Bryne -- Reflective and evaluative modes of mental simulation / Keith D. Markman and Matthew N. McMullen -- Scenario simulations in learning: forms and functions at the individual and organizational levels / Susana Segura and Michael W. Morris -- Finding meaning from mutability: making sense and deriving significance through counterfactual thinking / Adam D. Galinsky, Katie A. Liljenquist, Laura L. Kray and Neal J. Roese -- When a small difference makes a big difference: counterfactual thinking and luck / Karl Halvor Teigen -- On the comparative nature of regret / Marcel Zeelenberg and Eric van Dijk -- Escape from reality: prisoners' counterfactual thinking about crime, justice, and punishment / Mandeep K. Dhami, David R. Mandel and Karen A. Souza -- When the social context frames the case: counterfactuals in the courtroom / Patrizia Catellani and Patrizia Milesi -- Theory- versus imagination-driven thinking about historical counterfactuals: are we prisoners of our preconceptions? / Philip E. Tetlock and Erika Henik.