PSY331H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Married People, Cortisol, Shared Experience
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Positive mood makes accessible thoughts more correct not a simple 1 to 1 correlations: tiedens and linton (2001)"s study 1 showed that certainty influenced: Indicated different sets of emotions for different group c. All emotions have a role in a healthy life. Greatest source of happiness lies in the people around us: love, companionship. Happiness comes from within and experiences: not material needs. Happiness =a universal human desire but not easily satisfied: when we do find it doesn"t seem to last for so long. Happiness industry has always been booming self-help industry: has made many people very rich, last year, americans spent about 10 million on self-help. Desire for happiness drives different people to different things: finding love, diet, new job. Thoughts affect feelings and we have some control over the things you think. But hay also believes thoughts are the cause of unhappiness. Happiness = choosing thoughts that make you happy.
