Question

Betsy and Janet want to take their children on a backpacking trip. Research suggests that if they want to increase the probability that their children will look back on the trip and think it was great fun, Betsy and Janet should try to make sure that:___________

Answer 1

Answer:

The end of the trip is extremely fun.

Explanation:

Researchers Fredrickson and Kahneman studied how positive memories are formed. In their research, they found out that there are three main factors that determine how we recollect past events, whether they're negative or positive:

- There's a peak moment of intense emotion at the start of any event.

- How an event ends is also very important for our future recollections of said event.

- The length of the event is not really important to determine whether it was a good experience or not.

Following the findings of the researchers, Betsy and Janet should try to make sure that the end of the trip is extremely fun, as this ending will have the most impact on how their children will look back on the trip in the future, and associate it with good and fun memories.