PSYC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Latte, Positive Feedback, Gratefulness
20 Feb 2015
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3 factors influence happiness (lyubomirsky, sheldon & schkade 2005: genetics 50% - when twins are spread apart and studied their happiness levels overlap o. 40%, easiest thing to change, biggest bang for our buck. General consensus as to who the happiest were within certain groups. What makes people happy: helping others: volunteer work, giving blood, etc, helping people makes people happy, being happy leads to an inclination to help more. In north america, there tends to be litter impact on earning more money when already earning more than median income. Personal spending: bills & self spending, prosocial spending: others & charity. People who spend more on prosocial spending report higher happiness: only correlational data, correlation between income and happiness varies with country income o. If there is consistent happiness increase with generosity it may conclude a universal intrinsic human trait: examining gallup world poll: 234 k participants from 136 countries were accessed.
