Title Page
Contents
ABSTRACT 7
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 9
Chapter 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 14
2.1. Myopia 14
2.2. Medium bias and Happiness 17
2.3. Dual System and Emotions 23
2.4. Vividness Effect 30
Chapter 3. HYPOTHESES 33
Chapter 4. STUDY 36
4.1. Overview 36
4.2. Methodology 37
4.3. Results 39
Chapter 5. CONCLUSIONS 42
5.1. Summary and Implications 42
5.2. Future Research 44
REFERENCES 45
APPENDICES 50
Appendix 1. A Scenario and Questionnaire for the control condition. 50
Appendix 2. A Scenario and Questionnaire for the Medium condition. 51
Appendix 3. A Scenario and Questionnaire for the Picture condition. 52
Appendix 4. A Scenario and Questionnaire for the Picture With description condition. 53
[FIGURE 2.1] The Result of the Hsee et al. Study 20
[FIGURE 4.1] Results of Study 40