The reason why experiences improve with time may be that it is possible to think about experiences in a more abstract manner than possessions.For example,if you think back to a fantastic summer from your youth,you might easily remember an abstract sense of warm sunshine and youthful exuberant(生气勃勃),but you’re less likely to remember exactly what you did daybyday.
Material possessions are harder to think about in an abstract sense.The car you bought is still a car and that great new jacket you picked up cheap is still just a jacket.It’s more likely that the experience of that summer has taken on a symbolic meaning that can live longer in your memory than a possession.
Purchasing may have a negative impact on happiness because consumers often buy ?joyless? material possessions,resulting in comfort but not pleasure.In general,people adapt to experiences more slowly than to material purchases.This can be seen in both negative and positive purchases:hedonic adaptation would result in a positive experience causing more happiness but a negative experience causing less happiness than the comparable material purchase with the same initial happiness level.
Experience,however,seems to be more resistant to these sorts of unfavourable comparisons.It is because of the unique nature of experience.It’s more difficult to make an unfavourable comparison when there is nothing directly comparable.After all,each of our youthful summers is different.
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