Predicting Future Emotions (2005) Wilson
Principle: People mispredict how future events will make them feel. Quote: “People routinely mispredict how much pleasure or displeasure future events will bring.”Wilson, T. D., & Gilbert, D. T. (2005).…
Research Bites are 1-page summaries of positive psychology research. Many were papers assigned as reading in my Harvard Extension Psychology Masters program. Others I’ve found in my endless rabbit holes of searching for evidence-based skills.
Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill (2006) Diener
Principle: People adapt to good and bad events to return to a baseline of happiness in complex and individual ways. Quote: “Creating a happier society is not doomed by the…
Avoid Temptation to Reach Goals (2017) Milyavskaya
Principle: When you experience temptations, it’s draining whether or not you resist them. Quote: “contrary to conventional wisdom, self-control was unimportant in accomplishing one’s goals.""Surprisingly, temptation was also experienced as…