Wisdom as Learning from Life Experiences: Affective Forecasting for Benevolent and Selfish Behaviors: Difference between revisions
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==Wisdom is | ==Wisdom is defined along three components== | ||
;<b>Accurate [[Affective Forecasting|affective forecasts]]</b> : Predicting correctly one’s emotional reactions following one’s moral decisions. | |||
;<b>Accurate interpersonal affective forecasts</b> : Predicting accurately the emotional reactions of others to one’s moral choices. This is an important component of many traditional definitions of wisdom, but has been largely neglected empirically. | |||
;<b>Applying this knowledge</b> : Choosing benevolent (over hurtful) actions because they will yield the greatest positive affect both for the self and for others. | |||
==Summary Points== | ==Summary Points== | ||
# | #His research has focused on affective forecasting for moral behaviors. He found that {{Font color | individuals feel worse after competition and, better after cooperation than they would have predicted!}} | ||
#Recent work on affective forecasting suggests that individuals are poor emotional time travelers | #Recent work on affective forecasting suggests that {{Font color | individuals are poor emotional time travelers.|red }} | ||
# | #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 interpersonal affective forecasting errors occur for moral decisions? Differences between individuals’ predictions about the emotional experiences of others and others’ actual emotional experiences as a consequence of individuals’ benevolent or hurtful behavior are investigated. | ||
## Who is “wise”? Researchers attempt to identify the wisest (i.e., most accurate affective forecasters) individuals via a series of personality measures. | |||
#Colleagues: Jody Davis, Eli Finkel, and Glenn Lucke | |||
==Text from Wisdom Institute== | ==Text from Wisdom Institute== | ||