Wisdom as Learning from Life Experiences: Affective Forecasting for Benevolent and Selfish Behaviors: Difference between revisions

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==Summary Points==
==Summary Points==


#His research has focused on affective forecasting for moral behaviors. He found that individuals feel worse after competition and better after cooperation than they would have predicted!
#His research has focused on affective forecasting for moral behaviors. He found that  
#Recent work on affective forecasting suggests that individuals are poor emotional time travelers
  {{font color||yellow|individuals feel worse after competition and better after cooperation than they would have predicted!}}
#Recent work on affective forecasting suggests that {{font color||yellow|individuals are poor emotional time travelers}}
#Series of experimental laboratory studies and a six-month longitudinal study of couples designed to investigate the following three questions:
#Series of experimental laboratory studies and a six-month longitudinal study of couples designed to investigate the following three questions:
## Do affective forecasting errors occur for moral decisions? Differences between predicted and actual emotional consequences of benevolent behavior (e.g., forgiving a dating partner) versus hurtful behavior (e.g., retaliating against a dating partner) are examined.  
## Do affective forecasting errors occur for moral decisions? Differences between predicted and actual emotional consequences of benevolent behavior (e.g., forgiving a dating partner) versus hurtful behavior (e.g., retaliating against a dating partner) are examined.  

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