The document discusses a study that examined how material purchases (items) and experiential purchases (experiences) impact happiness. The study found that material purchases provide more frequent but smaller doses of happiness over time. Experiential purchases, on the other hand, provide less frequent but more intense happiness during the experience. When looking back six weeks later, people felt more satisfaction from experiential purchases than material purchases. The type of happiness desired may influence whether one chooses a material item or life experience.

1. HAPPY
CHRISTMAS
Day By DR.
Amish
purohit

2. • How Christmas
shopping buys
you happiness
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3. • The decision of whether to buy a
material thing or a life
experience may therefore boil
down to what kind of happiness
one desires Material purchases,
from sweaters to tablet
computers, provide more
frequent happiness over time,
whereas experiential purchases,
like a trip to the zoo, provide
more intense happiness on
individual occasions, says a
study.
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4. • The decision of whether to
buy a material thing or a life
experience may therefore
boil down to what kind of
happiness one desires,” said
one of the researchers Aaron
Weidman from University of
British Columbia in Canada.
The researchers assessed the
real-time, momentary
happiness people got from
material and experiential
purchases, up to five times
per day for two weeks.
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5. ThMaterial purchases consisted of
items such as portable speakers, or
coffee makers, and examples of
experiential purchases were a
weekend ski trip, tickets to a hockey
game, or spa gift cards. By having
people record their thoughts in the
weeks following their purchases, as
well as one month after their
purchases, the researchers showed
that material and experiential
purchases bring happiness in two
distinct flavours.
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in 2015 Material purchases bring
repeated doses of happiness over
time in the weeks after they are
bought, whereas experiential
purchases offer a more intense but
fleeting dose of happiness.
Additionally, when people looked
back on their purchases six weeks
after Christmas, they felt more
satisfaction about experiential
purchases. The findings appeared in
the journal Social Psychological and
Personality Science
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7. DR.amish purohit
Thank You
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