Temporal Dimensions
Temporal Dimensions
Temporal Dimensions
holiday overall (Morewedge, Gilbert, & Wilson, 2005), and I may evaluate my last vacation based on
the most pleasurable points and its end, for example, rather than the average of every moment of
the experience (the peak-end-rule; Kahneman & Tversky, 1999). Finally, as my vacation days go by, I
will simply get used to it and my happiness will level out. According to the concept of hedonic
adaptation, changes in experiences tend only to induce happiness temporarily as we get used to new
circumstances (Frederick & Loewenstein, 1999).