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Overweighting the ending of an experience can have significant implications. It can distort our memory and perception of the entire event. For instance, if the end of a meal, movie, or vacation is particularly good or bad, it can disproportionately influence our overall evaluation of the experience, causing us to overlook other important moments. This can lead to a skewed understanding and recollection of the event.
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Endings also help us to encode an experience, that is, to evaluate and record it. Several studies have shown that we tend to evaluate the quality of a meal, a movie, or a vacation not by the full experience, but by certain moments, particularly the end. On the downside, endings can also twist our memory and cloud our perception, overweighting the ending and ignoring the whole.
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