Ease of Retrieval of Regrettable Actions/Inactions and the Evaluation of the Past

• Dohke Rumiko

  Hitotsubashi University

• Murata Koji

  Hitotsubashi University

抄録

We examined whether the ease with which regrettable actions and inactions can be retrieved from memory influences the general evaluation of one's past experience. Undergraduates were asked to recall regrettable actions or inactions and to list either 2 or 6 of these actions/inactions. They then rated level of satisfaction and the frequency of regrettable events during the period in which they attended high school. The expected interaction emerged only for the regrettable events frequency rating. In the inaction regret condition, those who were instructed to recall two inactions (easy retrieval task) provided higher regrettable event frequency ratings than those who were told to recall six inactions (difficult retrieval task). In the action regret condition, there was no significant differerence between the easy and difficult task conditions. There was no significant interaction for the satisfaction scale. We discuss the findings of this study from the perspective of the relationship between regret and satisfaction.

収録刊行物

• Hitotsubashi journal of social studies

  Hitotsubashi journal of social studies 40 (1), 73-79, 2008-07

  Hitotsubashi University

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390572174819101952
• NII論文ID: 110007632960
• NII書誌ID: AA00207569
• DOI: 10.15057/15889
• HANDLE: 10086/15889
• ISSN: 0073280X
• 本文言語コード: en
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