Mental simulation of causality

Proposes that people imagine alternatives to reality (counterfactuals) in assessing the causal role of a prior event. This process of mental simulation is used to derive novel predictions about the effects of default events on causal attribution. Concludes that an adequate theory of causal judgment...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of personality and social psychology 1989-02, Vol.56 (Feb 89), p.161-169
Hauptverfasser:	Wells, G L, Gavanski, I
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Causality Counterfactual simulations Factors Judgments
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