From ordinary to extraordinary: A framework of experience types

By Mat D. Duerden, Neil R. Lundberg, Peter Ward, Stacy T. Taniguchi, Brian Hill, M. Widmer, R. Zabriskie. Journal of Leisure Research, 2018

90 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Abstract Understanding the nature of, and how to design, structured experiences has become an increasingly salient topic for academics and professionals over the past two decades. Despite the rise in interest in experiences, the related academic literature is fragmented and often atheoretical. To address this situation, this article presents a framework of experiences—including construct definitions and propositions—to help guide the research and design experiences. The framework considers the realm of all possible experiences from subconscious to conscious and subdivides conscious experiences into ordinary and extraordinary dimensions. The framework further classifies extraordinary experiences as memorable, meaningful, and transformational. The distinction between the classes of extraordinary experiences are based on key characteristics of emotion, discovery, and change.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/051d2b37841862411ab359961720cbe062b838cc

Citations in the corpus

• The impact of tourism activity type on emotion and storytelling: The moderating roles of travel companion presence and relative ability (2020, unknown): “More specifically, extraordinary experiences are associated with challenge, accomplishment, and physical engagement (Duerden et al., 2018; Jefferies & Lepp, 2012).”