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average effect” and the egocentric nature of comparative ability judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 221-232. 9. Epley, N., Caruso, E.M., & Bazerman, M.H. (2006). When perspective taking increases taking: Reactive Egoism in social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Ps

A.P., & Gaunt, R. (2000). The emotional side of prejudice: The role of secondary emotions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4, 186-197. 5. Van Boven, L., Loewenstein, G., & Dunning, D. (2005). The illusion of courage in social predictions: Underestimating the impact of fear of embarrassment on oth

rch shows that thinking about future events triggers stronger emotions than thinking about the same events in the past (Van Boven & Ashworth, 2007; Caruso, Gilbert, & Wilson, 2008). For example, students felt happier while anticipating an upcoming vacation than while reminiscing about the same vacati

Although the advice is well-meant, research suggests that people arc often happier when they spend their money on experiences rather than things. Van Boven and Gilovich (2003) defined experiential pur- chases as those "made with the primary intention of acquiring a life experience: an event or series of