Magic kisses and mispredictions: A review of Daniel Gilbert's (2006) Stumbling on happiness

Abstract

People tend to underestimate their ability to feel good when bad things happen to them, and underestimate the speed with which they will make their recovery. These tendencies have been documented in recent research on affective forecasting and are recounted in an excellent and engaging new book.

Keywords:

• happiness
• prediction
• affective forecasting