PSYCH 3BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Immunoglobulin A, Mania, Easterlin Paradox
17 Mar 2017
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Hemispheric asymmetry such that the left hemisphere is more active than the right is associated with higher positive affect and lower negative affect. Happiness is unrelated to gdp between countries. Hedonic treadmill: happiness increases after increases in income, but after a while it levels out again and you are left wanting more. Relative income: you are happy so long as you are richer than your neighbour. Kahneman and deaton on the easterlin paradox resolution: Analyzed 450,000 responses to a well-being index. Life satisfaction is correlated on a log scale to income, with poorer individuals gaining much more happiness per income increase than richer people. Positive affect is correlated on a log scale to income, but levels off at an income of about. Measured subjective well-being using the ladder of life, in which participants indicate where they fall on the ladder from ideal to least ideal life. Life satisfaction rises linearly with log gdp between countries and within countries.
