Kemp Simon, Burt Christopher D B, Furneaux Laura
Psychology Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Mem Cognit. 2008 Jan;36(1):132-8. doi: 10.3758/mc.36.1.132.
Forty-nine students went on vacation for an average of 7 days and sent daily text messages about the happiness they had experienced over the previous 24 h. After their vacation, they were questioned on the overall happiness they had experienced and were asked to recall the daily record of their happiness. The duration of the vacation had no effect on the subsequent evaluations, and participants were not able to recall the detail of their day-to-day changes in happiness. A number of summary measures provided reasonable prediction of the recalled overall happiness of the vacation. The peak-end rule was not an outstandingly good predictor. Overall, the results indicate much reconstruction of the affective states.
49名学生去度假，平均为期7天，他们每天发送短信，讲述前24小时内所体验到的幸福。度假结束后，他们被问及所体验到的总体幸福感，并被要求回忆每天的幸福记录。假期时长对后续评估没有影响，参与者无法回忆起日常幸福变化的细节。一些汇总指标对回忆起的假期总体幸福感提供了合理预测。峰终定律并非特别好的预测指标。总体而言，结果表明情感状态存在大量重构。
