Assume That the Winning Lottery Ticket Was Purchased at the Convenience

Assume that the winning lottery ticket was purchased at the convenience store just around the corner from your house. According to research on counterfactual thinking, you would probably feel worse than if the winning ticket had been purchased all the way across the state, because __________.

A) you could easily remember what it was like to struggle to make every penny count
B) it would be easy to imagine all the wonderful things you could do with the prize
C) you could think back on a dozen opportunities that you had to buy the winning ticket, but didn't
D) you would assume that the local winner is similar to you