Hi Among the highest ranked comments are ideas similar to what came first to my mind. Here's one such comment:
"They had to do a study to determine that we're better at remembering the past than predicting the future?" A similar comment wondered whether the researchers thought humans were soothsayers. To the extent that it is circumstances that drive change in people, it would seem that the above comments might provide a ready explanation for the findings. That is, we know about the changes elicited by past changes in circumstances, but have little idea how future circumstances will change or affect us or even whether they will change. Perhaps the assumption is that circumstances will stay constant? Would still merit the label "end of history illusion", assuming by "history" we mean that degree of historical change will not be replicated in the future. It would also be interested to see if the degree of change reported retroactively stays constant over the lifespan, or if indeed there is some emerging stability with age. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology [email protected] Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA >>> Christopher Green <[email protected]> 03-Jan-13 3:42 PM >>> Some actually interesting psychological research (to me -- you will forgive me for finding too much of psychological research overly praised for being highly technical but intellectually trivial). http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/science/study-in-science-shows-end-of-history-illusion.html?hp&_r=0 Happy New Year, Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=22680 or send a blank email to leave-22680-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22685 or send a blank email to leave-22685-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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