One thing worth mentioning about introspective accuracy is that the numbers people give are similar across cultures, across time for a single person, and they lit similar areas of fMRIs (Layard 2005). What about using a 1-5 scale?
To some extent I already am. I’ve never scored my happiness above 8 or below 4, though I can imagine being in states outside that range. This same preference for leaving room for more extreme future experiences would lead me to use a 1-5 scale as a 2-4 scale.
One thing worth mentioning about introspective accuracy is that the numbers people give are similar across cultures, across time for a single person, and they lit similar areas of fMRIs (Layard 2005). What about using a 1-5 scale?
To some extent I already am. I’ve never scored my happiness above 8 or below 4, though I can imagine being in states outside that range. This same preference for leaving room for more extreme future experiences would lead me to use a 1-5 scale as a 2-4 scale.