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You might assume that a new purse, painting or pair of shoes will bring happiness.
你可能认为一款新钱包,画作或一双鞋更能带给你幸福感。
Although you'd probably get a bigger kick out of attending a play or spending a week in Paris.
虽然相比之下你可能会因为一次游玩,或者是在巴黎度过一星期的美妙时光而感到愉快。
But people still mostly opt for items over experiences—because the value of items is more easily quantifiable.
但大多数人仍然会选择物品优于经历-原因在于物品的价值更容易量化。
That's according to a study in the Journal of Positive Psychology.
这是根据一项《积极心理学杂志》上的研究得出的结论。
Researchers surveyed people before and after they made purchases.
研究人员调查了在购买之前和之后的人们。
Beforehand, they rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects.
购买之前,他们认为生活中的经历,而且相比购买物品更好的利用金钱使他们快乐。
But subjects still tended to choose to buy objects over experiences.
但接受调查者仍然倾向于选择购买物品优于经历。
Then, despite picking items, most said they still believed the experiences would have been a better choice.
然后,尽管选择了商品,但大多数人表示他们仍然相信经历将是更好的选择。
The researchers ascribe this conflict to the tangible and quantifiable nature of a thing.
研究人员将这种矛盾归结为一件事物有形及可量化的属性。
You can point to a car and say how much its worth.
你可以指着一辆车说它值多少钱。
But taking that car on a cross-country trip is an experience, and experiences can't easily be assigned a value.
但是那辆车带来的跨国旅行是一种经历，而就是这样的经历不容易被认定成一种价值。
Unless of course, you're still paying off that week in Paris.
当然,除非你执意在巴黎度过那一周的美妙时光。
