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Positive psychology

the finding that uncertainty about a positive event keeps a good mood going longer, even though people predict they would prefer certainty.

In positive psychology, pleasures of uncertainty refers to the finding that uncertainty about a positive event keeps a good mood going longer, even though people predict they would prefer certainty. This meaning comes from Wilson (2005) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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event3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs good2 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs mood4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

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Wilson, T. D., Centerbar, D. B., Kermer, D. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2005). The Pleasures of Uncertainty: Prolonging Positive Moods in Ways People Do Not Anticipate. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88(1), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.5

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