Focalism: A Source of Durability Bias in Affective Forecasting

Focalism: A Source of Durability Bias in Affective Forecasting is a journal article by Timothy D. Wilson, Thalia Wheatley, Jonathan M. Meyers, Daniel T. Gilbert, Danny Axsom (2000), published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 1 practice across 1 concept; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.

Where to find it

DOI record (10.1037/0022-3514.78.5.821)

Practices on IX Coach that cite Focalism

Identify the other things that will also be true of your future life
Focalism is the tendency to focus so intensely on one future event that you neglect everything else that will also be true of your life — which makes that event seem bigger than it will actually feel.
Affect Forecasting: Why You Mispredicted How You’d Feel

How this page was checked

The citation was matched to its Crossref record, and the title, authors and year above are taken from that record — not written by us.

Practice this with IX Coach
Start with IX Coach