ABSTRACT

Subjective well-being changes over time. While the causes of these changes have been investigated extensively, few attempts have been made to capture these changes through computational modelling. One notable exception is the study by Rutledge et al. [Rutledge, R. B., Skandali, N., Dayan, P., & Dolan, R. J. (2014). A computational and neural model of momentary subjective well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(33), 12252–12257. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1407535111], in which a model that captures momentary changes in subjective well-being was proposed. The model incorporates how an individual processes rewards and punishments in a decision context. Using this model, the authors were able to successfully explain fluctuations in subjective well-being observed in a gambling paradigm. Although Rutledge et al. reported an in-paper replication, a successful independent replication would further increase the credibility of their results. In this paper, we report a preregistered close replication of the behavioural experiment and analyses by Rutledge et al. The results of Rutledge et al. were mostly confirmed, providing further evidence for the role of rewards and punishments in subjective well-being fluctuations. Additionally, the association between personality traits and the way people process rewards and punishments was examined. No evidence for such associations was found, leaving this an open question for future research.

摘要

主观幸福感会随着时间而变化。虽然已经对这些变化的原因进行了广泛的调查，但很少有人尝试通过计算建模来捕捉这些变化。一个值得注意的例外是 Rutledge 等人的研究。[Rutledge, RB, Skandali, N., Dayan, P., & Dolan, RJ (2014)。瞬时主观幸福感的计算和神经模型。美国国家科学院院刊, 111(33), 12252–12257。https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1407535111]，其中提出了一个捕捉主观幸福感瞬时变化的模型。该模型结合了个人如何在决策上下文中处理奖励和惩罚。使用这个模型，作者能够成功解释在赌博范式中观察到的主观幸福感的波动。尽管拉特利奇等人。报告了纸内复制，成功的独立复制将进一步提高他们结果的可信度。在本文中，我们报告了 Rutledge 等人的行为实验和分析的预注册密切复制。Rutledge 等人的结果。大多得到证实，为奖惩在主观幸福感波动中的作用提供了进一步的证据。此外，研究了人格特质与人们处理奖励和惩罚的方式之间的关联。没有发现这种关联的证据，这给未来的研究留下了一个悬而未决的问题。