One adaptive purpose served by counterfactual thinking is to ________.
A) decrease the positive affect associated with success
B) postulate "what if" scenarios to aid in committing the planning fallacy
C) increase the negative affect associated with failure
D) decrease motivation to work harder towards our goals
E) make disappointments and tragedies more bearable
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