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有哪些秘密只有心理学家才知道?

What are some things that psychologists know, but most people don't?

哪些事心理学家知道，普通人却不知道？

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有哪些秘密只有心理学家才知道?1

You don't really know how happy or sad something is going to make you in the future, even though you think you do right now. Put another way, psychologists know that most people are very bad at being able to predict how they will respond to positive or negative events in the future.

即使你认为你现在做的很好，你也不会知道将来会有什么让你开心或伤心的事。换言之，心理学家知道，大多数人不擅长预知将来他们在遇到积极或消极的事件时会如何应对。

Most happiness researchers (like Dr. Dan Gilbert) believe that there is a "happiness set point" for most people, and regardless of positive events (winning the lottery) or negative events (losing your home), a person will generally settle back to their own personal happiness set point, which may be higher than some or lower than some.

大部分研究幸福心理学的人（如丹尼尔•吉尔伯特）认为，对大多数人来说，有一个“固定的幸福水平”，不管是发生积极的事（彩票）还是消极的事（失去你的家），一个人通常会回到他们自己原来的幸福水平上，或许高一点也或许低一点。

If the happiness set point explains why people can't predict what will make them happy or sad, other psychologists, like Dr. Martin Seligman, suggest that in order to be happier, you have to try to nudge your set point up a point or two.