Abstract
Our memories of past life experiences may alter our mood and influence our sense of happiness or satisfaction with our current lives (Strack, Schwarz, & Gschneidinger, 1985; Tversky & Griffin, 1991). The effects of recounting auto-biographical memories on judgments are worthy of investigation because these judgmental biases are inherent in many survey and interview contexts (e.g., Salovey, Sieber, Jobe, & Willis, chap. 6, this volume). Retrospective reporting often requires the written descriptions of a specific past life experience. After such reporting, individuals may also be prompted to assess their life satisfaction, happiness, or well-being. This chapter focuses on retrospective reporting tasks and the consequences that such tasks have on respondents’ subsequent assessments of current personal well-being.
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Clark, L.F., Collins, J.E., Henry, S.M. (1994). Biasing Effects of Retrospective Reports on Current Self-Assessments. In: Schwarz, N., Sudman, S. (eds) Autobiographical Memory and the Validity of Retrospective Reports. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2624-6_19
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