Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Health Canada, Motor Cortex, Married People
4 Feb 2016
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Suggested that increased happiness could lead to: longer life, better health, more resilience, enhanced performance, 9-year difference in happy ppl vs. sad ppl. Standard of living increases dramatically yet happiness in industrialized countries has shown little growth over time. How to measure happiness-->inherent levels, depend on many factors. Many decisions are rooted in the desire to become happy. Often, the decisions we make fail at increasing happiness. Americans will spend million on self-help books & >1 billion on. Positive psychology ( science of happiness ) offered in many motivational speakers colleges & universities. Dr. daniel gilbert blames cultures, genes, and imagination: culture buy bigger, newer, better things. $ buys happiness for those who lack basic needs. >,000 income: more money does not equal more happiness: genes hardwire us to reproduce. Children have small negative effect when parents ask about happiness in the moment .
