What to Do on Spring Break?: The Role of Predicted, On-Line, and Remembered Experience in Future Choice
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When individuals choose future activities on the basis of their past experiences, what guides those choices? The present study compared students' predicted, on-line, and remembered spring-break experiences, as well as the influence of these factors on students' desire to take a similar vacation in the future. Predicted and remembered experiences were both more positive—and, paradoxically, more negative—than on-line experiences. Of key importance, path analyses revealed that remembered experience, but neither on-line nor anticipated experience, directly predicted the desire to repeat the experience. These results suggest that although on-line measures may be superior to retrospective measures for approximating objective experience, retrospective measures may be superior for predicting choice.
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- Authors
- Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-09
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 520-524
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2162206011
- Cited by
- 628
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 5.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Keywords
- spring break, ecological momentary assessment, choice prediction
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Choice Behavior, Emotions, Female, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Motivation, Retention, Psychology, Social Environment, Computers, Handheld
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