Imagine you are watching the news, and you see there was a fire at a club you were planning to go to that same night. You realize that if you had not been too tired to go out, you might have been there. This is an example of ______.

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The situation described involves thinking about an alternative scenario (what would have happened if the person had gone to the club) which is an example of counterfactual thinking. Hypothesis testing involves developing an explanation for a phenomenon and testing it with evidence, and verification involves confirming the accuracy of information. Causal reasoning involves identifying cause-effect relationships between variables.

Imagine You Are Watching the News, and You See There