Counterfactual thought in reasoning and performance
Counterfactual thought in reasoning and performance is a scholarly work, published in 2018 in ''Social and Personality Psychology Compass''. The main subjects of the publication include causal model, mind-wandering, dysfunctional family, outcome, Behavior change, cognitive psychology, psychology, behavioral economics, antecedent, causal reasoning, counterfactual thinking, counterfactual conditional, and social psychology. The authors review the processes by which counterfactuals produce functional (vs. dysfunctional) outcomes and suggest that this relies on four essential criteria: a causal antecedent is identified accurately; the antecedent can be acted upon by the individual; the counterfactual thought facilitates the means or motivation to alter future behavior; and a future relevant opportunity for application is recognized.