The peak-end rule, why quality matters for your happiness

Why are we sometimes less satisfied even though we have more? The peak-end rule can explain that! [00:00] Introduction [00:55] How can more pain be better? [03:15] Quality of years, not quantity [06:39] The order matters [08:44] Why we sometimes are satisfied with less [11:46] Vacation and happiness References Kahneman, D., Fredrickson, B. L., Schreiber, C. A., & Redelmeier, D. A. (1993). When More Pain Is Preferred To Less: Adding a Better End, 4 (6), 401–405. Diener, E., Wirtz, D., & Oishi, S. (2001). End Effects of Rated Life Quality: The James Dean Effect. Psychological Science , 12 (2), 124–128. Do, A. M., Rupert, A. V., & Wolford, G. (2008). Evaluations of pleasurable experiences: The peak-end rule. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , 15 (1), 96–98. Kemp, S., Burt, C.D., & Furneaux, L. (2008). A test of the peak – end rule. Memory and Cognition , 36(1), 132-138.

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The peak-end rule, why quality matters for your happiness is an episode from Happycast: The Science of Happiness by Trina Kushnerik.

This episode is 16:33 long.

This episode was published on Aug 21, 2019.

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