SOCPSY 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eudaimonia, Personal Development, Cortisol
31 Jan 2020
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The well-lived life intro lecture september 4. What is a well-lived life: different people or cultures think different things. Well-being is more than just the absence of misery. Hedonic approach: well-being = pursue pleasure, avoid pain, emphasized by philosophers, aristippus: goal of life is to maximize pleasure. Jeremey bentham: societies should seek the greatest good for the greatest number (individuals should seek pleasure) Subjective well-being: social scientists let people define the good life for themselves, not defined by researcher-imposed domains (i. e. good relationships, career success, subjective well-being is multidimensional: life satisfaction + positive emotion negative emotion. How can we measure subjective well-being: swb commonly measures using self-report scales: satisfaction with life scale and positive and negative affect schedule, reliable: over time, valid: correlated with informant reports. Other ways of measuring swb: smile intensity (in fb photos smile in photo predicted life satisfaction later in life like at graduation of uni 4 years later, positive vs.
