Wisdom as Learning from Life Experiences: Affective Forecasting for Benevolent and Selfish Behaviors: Difference between revisions
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==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== | |||
#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 {{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== | |||
This project has focused on affective forecasting for moral behaviors. The research has found that individuals feel worse after competition and better after cooperation than they would have predicted. For example, members of couples who have sacrificed for their partner report feeling better than they expected. Forecasting errors may lead to choices that make the self and others worse off. This approach to wisdom is consistent with classical Greek and Hebrew approaches that emphasize virtue, as well as recent psychological approaches (e.g., Baltes; Ardelt) that address the pragmatics of living amidst uncertainty. Future research will examine whether accurate forecasters are more likely to choose benevolent behaviors. | This project has focused on affective forecasting for moral behaviors. The research has found that individuals feel worse after competition and better after cooperation than they would have predicted. For example, members of couples who have sacrificed for their partner report feeling better than they expected. Forecasting errors may lead to choices that make the self and others worse off. This approach to wisdom is consistent with classical Greek and Hebrew approaches that emphasize virtue, as well as recent psychological approaches (e.g., Baltes; Ardelt) that address the pragmatics of living amidst uncertainty. Future research will examine whether accurate forecasters are more likely to choose benevolent behaviors. | ||