As Your Textbook Mentions,advertisements on Television Often Try to Sell

Multiple Choice

As your textbook mentions,advertisements on television often try to sell products based on presenting alternative outcomes for a situation.For instance,an advertisement might claim "If you bought this brand of beer,you and your friends would have had more fun at the party." In this example,advertisers are taking advantage of what social psychological concept?

A) Illusory thinking
B) Counterfactual thinking
C) Optimism
D) Illusion of control