Based on your reading of Chapter 3 (Social Cognition), who would you predict would be more frustrated: Katie, who missed an A by one point, or James, who missed an A by five points?

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Katie would likely be more frustrated because it's easier for her to imagine a scenario where she could have earned just one more point to get an A, making her situation seem almost successful but just out of reach. This concept is related to counterfactual thinking in social cognition, where individuals imagine alternative outcomes that could have happened, often feeling stronger emotions about situations that were close to a different outcome.

Based on Your Reading of Chapter 3 (Social Cognition), Who