Multiple Choice
On September 11,2001,the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked by terrorists.Suppose,on that day,Pedro said to his friend,"I can't believe it! For a long time I thought there'd be a serious attack on the United States,and it just happened!" The principle of magical thinking that this would illustrate is ________.
A) the principle that thinking about an event can make it happen
B) failure to consider moderating variables
C) thought suppression
D) the law of contagion
E) the law of similarity
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