TY - JOUR
T1 - On the relativistic nature of predicted and real physical experiences
T2 - A field experiment
AU - Slawinska, Malgorzata
AU - Papaioannou, Athanasios
AU - Chatzisarantis, Nikos
AU - Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis
AU - Davis, Paul
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Objectives - An important yet unresolved question stemming from judgment and decision-making literature is whether individuals evaluate physical experiences in relative or absolute terms.
Design and method - The study examined 181 experienced basketball players in a 2 (type of experience: predicted versus real) × 2 (evaluation mode: separate versus joint) × 2 (type of activity: running versus shooting) experimental research design.
Results - We demonstrated that individuals who were familiar with physical tasks evaluated predicted and real physical experiences in absolute terms. In addition, we showed that relativistic modes of evaluation applied to real physical experiences but not predicted physical experiences.
Conclusions - This research contributes to the debate concerning whether prior task experience influences formation of relative evaluations, and reveals that contexts that urge for relative evaluations undermine happiness with physical tasks.
AB - Objectives - An important yet unresolved question stemming from judgment and decision-making literature is whether individuals evaluate physical experiences in relative or absolute terms.
Design and method - The study examined 181 experienced basketball players in a 2 (type of experience: predicted versus real) × 2 (evaluation mode: separate versus joint) × 2 (type of activity: running versus shooting) experimental research design.
Results - We demonstrated that individuals who were familiar with physical tasks evaluated predicted and real physical experiences in absolute terms. In addition, we showed that relativistic modes of evaluation applied to real physical experiences but not predicted physical experiences.
Conclusions - This research contributes to the debate concerning whether prior task experience influences formation of relative evaluations, and reveals that contexts that urge for relative evaluations undermine happiness with physical tasks.
KW - Evaluation mode
KW - affective responses
KW - predicted experience
KW - real experience
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.10.001
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 106
EP - 111
JO - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
JF - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
SN - 1469-0292
IS - 3
ER -