Affective Forecasting

Question 1

However, Why Do We Misforecast Our Future Emotions and States?

Answer 1

Simulations are decontextualized ie there’s traffic in CA yet we all think life is better there
We are under different visceral states when predicting future states.
We don’t predict that we will adapt and rationalize.

Question 2

Impact Bias in Affective Forecasting

Answer 2

We have a tendency to overestimate the length (duration) or the intensity of future feeling states.
Why? Our simulations of the future are decontextualized.

Question 3

Hot-Cold Empathy Gap

Answer 3

We underestimate the influences of visceral drives in our predictions.

Question 4

Adapt and rationalize

Answer 4

For certain (uncertain) events, we adapt more quickly (slowly)

Question 5

Embodied Cognition

Answer 5

The mind uses the body to make sense of abstract ideas
Higher cognitive processes are grounded in bodily experience and in the neural systems that govern the body.
Bodily sensations and movements (facial expressions, touch, temperature, etc.) have a direct influence on our social behavior, our emotional and cognitive lives.
Far Side cartoons were rated as funnier when smiling!
Link between reasoning and muscle activities