HOW happy are you? Do you really know?
Consider a study from the University of Mannheim in Germany. Psychologist
Fritz Strack and his colleagues asked students the following two questions: “How
happy are you?” and “How many dates did you have last month?” Responses varied
with the order of the questions. When the happiness question came first, the
frequency of dates was unrelated to happiness, but when the order of the
questions was reversed, the responses showed a strong positive link between the
number of dates and reported happiness.
This suggests that you don’t appear to be equipped with anything…
