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6-159. Csikszentmihalyi. M. (1999). If we are so rich, why aren't we happy? The American Psychologist.

is true for non-monetary experiences such as eating chocolate, getting good grades, and exchanging social pleasantries (Linville & Fischer, 1991; Morewedge, Gilbert, Keysar, Berkovitz, & Wilson, 2007). But why does segregation work? One reason is that it intro- duces a temporal discontinuity between ex

e pattern of activation as when they are given a rich reward such as delicious food or drink. We may n

tion through inferential reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19, 114-120. II. Morewedge, C.K., Preston, J., & Wegner, D.M. (2007). Timescale bias in the attribution of mind. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 1-11. 1

me pattern of activation as when they are given a rich reward such as delicious food or drink. We may no

nnection through inferential reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19, 114-120. 11. Morewedge, C.K., Preston, J., & Wegner, D.M. (2007). Timescale bias in the attribution of mind. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 1-11. 12. Ha

ovides a sampling of the central ideas minus the rich evidence and explanations that follow in the four

tato chip experiment? Are we incapable of understanding what makes us happy, unable to figure out what is or is not delicious, or are we fickle? What Morewedge’s experiment reveals is that deliciousness, like ugliness, stubbornness, and obsequiousness, is a judgment, judgments are always relative or comparat