Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in   the personal future after recall of past experiences

doi:10.1080/09658211.2013.877147

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	Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in the personal future after recall of past experiences
	Wang, Qi ; Gould, Tracy ; Hou, Yubo
刊名	memory
	2015
关键词	Future simulation Well-being Memory Culture Dialecticism Future thinking MENTAL TIME-TRAVEL SELF CULTURE EMOTION CONTRADICTION CONSTRUCTION EVENTS MEMORY
DOI	10.1080/09658211.2013.877147
英文摘要	People tend to hold an optimistic view of their futures. Using a novel paradigm to examine the anticipated change from the personal past to the personal future, we found that the future was not always perceived as brighter than the past. College students (N = 156) recalled positive and negative personal events of various situations. Following each recall, they imagined a future personal event involving the same situation. Participants expected over half of the events to change in either upward or downward directions, depending on the valence of the past events. In addition, participants anticipated greater changes in domains of less stability, and Asians anticipated greater changes than European Americans. Anticipated future changes were further associated with psychological well-being. The findings shed new light on future event simulation.; Psychology, Experimental; SSCI; 0; ARTICLE; qw23@cornell.edu; houyubo@pku.edu.cn; 2; 178-186; 23
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/406138]
专题	心理与认知科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Qi,Gould, Tracy,Hou, Yubo. Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in the personal future after recall of past experiences[J]. memory,2015.
APA	Wang, Qi,Gould, Tracy,&Hou, Yubo.(2015).Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in the personal future after recall of past experiences.memory.
MLA	Wang, Qi,et al."Is the future always brighter than the past? Anticipation of changes in the personal future after recall of past experiences".memory (2015).