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Preferences for separating or combining events.

P W Linville1, G W Fischer

  • 1Center for Decision Studies, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|January 1, 1991
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People prefer to separate positive events to savor gains and negative events to avoid multiple losses. Combining positive and negative events helps buffer losses, influencing decision-making under emotional impact.

Area of Science:

  • Decision-making psychology
  • Behavioral economics
  • Cognitive science

Background:

  • Individuals face emotionally impactful events across various life domains.
  • Understanding preferences for temporal event sequencing is crucial for decision-making models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate preferences for temporally separating or combining emotionally impactful events.
  • To propose a renewable resources model integrating decision-making and resource management.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a renewable resources model incorporating prospect theory.
  • Examined preferences for sequencing positive, negative, and mixed emotional events.

Main Results:

  • Participants preferred separating two positive events (gain-savoring).

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  • Participants preferred separating two negative events (multiple-loss-avoidance).
  • Participants preferred combining a positive and a negative event (loss-buffering).

    • Conclusions:

    • Temporal event sequencing preferences are consistent across academic, financial, and social domains.
    • The renewable resources model effectively explains emotional event sequencing decisions.
    • Findings have implications for understanding subjective well-being and decision-making strategies.