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simulation heuristic  

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  • Definition The simulation heuristic focuses on what occurs after a person has experienced an event in his or her life. According to the simulation heuristic, a person imagines possible simulations or alternative outcomes to events that he or she encounters. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Simulation Heuristic]

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