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You might assume that a new purse, painting or pair of shoes will bring happiness.
你可能認為一款新錢包,畫作或一雙鞋更能帶給你幸福感。
Although you'd probably get a bigger kick out of attending a play or spending a week in Paris.
雖然相比之下你可能會因為一次游玩,或者是在巴黎度過一星期的美妙時光而感到愉快。
But people still mostly opt for items over experiences—because the value of items is more easily quantifiable.
但大多數人仍然會選擇物品優于經歷-原因在于物品的價值更容易量化。
That's according to a study in the Journal of Positive Psychology.
這是根據一項《積極心理學雜志》上的研究得出的結論。
Researchers surveyed people before and after they made purchases.
研究人員調查了在購買之前和之后的人們。
Beforehand, they rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects.
購買之前,他們認為生活中的經歷,而且相比購買物品更好的利用金錢使他們快樂。
But subjects still tended to choose to buy objects over experiences.
但接受調查者仍然傾向于選擇購買物品優于經歷。
Then, despite picking items, most said they still believed the experiences would have been a better choice.
然后,盡管選擇了商品,但大多數人表示他們仍然相信經歷將是更好的選擇。
The researchers ascribe this conflict to the tangible and quantifiable nature of a thing.
研究人員將這種矛盾歸結為一件事物有形及可量化的屬性。
You can point to a car and say how much its worth.
你可以指著一輛車說它值多少錢。
But taking that car on a cross-country trip is an experience, and experiences can't easily be assigned a value.
但是那輛車帶來的跨國旅行是一種經歷，而就是這樣的經歷不容易被認定成一種價值。
Unless of course, you're still paying off that week in Paris.
當然,除非你執意在巴黎度過那一周的美妙時光。
