Rudy thinks that if he ever got kicked off the football team he would be depressed for months, and that his life would lose all meaning. in actuality, his response would probably not be this severe or prolonged. what is rudy demonstrating

The correct answer is impact bias.

Impact bias refers to tendency of people to overestimate the duration and intensity of their feelings or emotional states in the future. An instance of impact bias is when you believe that you will be devastated if do not land a job you really want or do not get a job promotion you are after. However, when you do not end up getting the job or promotion, you are not as sad or devastated as you expected.