Researchers gave a group of college women either a dating profile of a male student, which included a photo and basic demographic information, or the opinion of another female student who had been on a speed date with him.Then both groups had a speed date with him and rated how much they enjoyed it.Because of _______, the group that _______ made a better prediction about how much they would enjoy the date.

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An affective forecast is a prediction about how much one will enjoy an upcoming event. In this case, the group that heard the opinion from the other student made a better prediction about how much they would enjoy the date because they had more information to base their prediction on.

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