PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parachuting, Epicurus, Personal Development
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Food can be eudaimonic for people if challenge in developing new recipes, etc. Sex but can also depend on how you"re engaging with it (e. g. pleasure vs. deep connections) Meaningful job can also bring positive affect, but could also have hedonic outcome (not in day-to- day though) Knowledge and learning may also bring hedonic. Love pleasure, but also meaning and purpose (build lives around people we love) Nature awe in nature from positive emotions, but also meaning. Adventure/fun depends on the nature of your trip (e. g. skydiving = hedonic; travel = meaning, personal growth, etc. ) Pets positive affect, sense of meaning and purpose as identity. Things can converge together, but can also diverge based on the nature of the activity and how you are engaging with the activity. Hedonic vs. eudaimonic well-being: very old perspectives, but in contemporary literature still, hedonic: pleasure of mind and body positive affect. Eudaimonic: the actualisation of human potentials authenticity, meaning and purpose.
