Counterfactual thinking, persistence, and performance: A test of the Reflection and Evaluation Model

By K. Markman, Matthew N. McMullen, Ronald A. Elizaga. 2008

153 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences

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In Applied Psychology

1. Ruth M. J. Byrne
2. K. Epstude
3. N. Roese

In General Decision Sciences

1. Ruth M. J. Byrne
2. N. Roese
3. K. Epstude
4. David R. Mandel
5. Mary Parkinson

Citations in the corpus

• Counterfactuals in Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Evidence from Human Reasoning (2019, background): “…out an anagram solving task, and then imagined how their performance could have been better, say, “I could have solved more anagrams if I had tried more combinations of letters”, they formulated intentions to do so in the future, and their subsequent performance improved [Markman et al., 2008].”
• The Functional Theory of Counterfactual Thinking (2008, methodology): “…presumed that it was mainly downward counterfactuals (which bring positive affect via a contrast effect) that could be used for affect regulation, more recent research suggests that upward counterfactuals may also bring positive affect, by way of an assimilation effect (Markman et al., 2008).”