?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Effect+of+counterfactual+and+factual+thinking+on+causal+judgments.&rft.creator=Mandel%2C+Dr.+David+R.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+significance+of+counterfactual+thinking+in+the+causal+judgment+process+has+been+emphasized+for+nearly+two+decades%2C+yet+no+previous+research+has+directly+compared+the+relative+effect+of+thinking+counterfactually+versus+factually+on+causal+judgment.+Three+experiments+examined+this+comparison+by+manipulating+the+task+frame+used+to+focus+participants%E2%80%99+thinking+about+a+target+event.+Prior+to+making+judgments+about+causality%2C+preventability%2C+blame%2C+and+control%2C+participants+were+directed+to+think+about+a+target+actor+either+in+counterfactual+terms+(what+the+actor+could+have+done+to+change+the+outcome)+or+in+factual+terms+(what+the+actor+had+done+that+led+to+the+outcome).+In+each+experiment%2C+the+effect+of+counterfactual+thinking+did+not+differ+reliably+from+the+effect+of+factual+thinking+on+causal+judgment.+Implications+for+research+on+causal+judgment+and+mental+representation+are+discussed.+&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5123%2F1%2Fmandel-TandR2003.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mandel%2C+Dr.+David+R.++(2003)+Effect+of+counterfactual+and+factual+thinking+on+causal+judgments.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5123%2F