Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Endorphins, Facial Muscles, Brainstem

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: ALL

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Suggested that increased happiness could lead to: longer life, health, resilience, increased performance. Standard of living increased dramatically yet happiness in industrialized countries has shown little increase over time. 9 year life gap between the people who score higher on increased happiness. Many decisions are rooted in the desire to become happy. Often, the decisions we make fail at increased happiness. Americans will spend million on self-help books and over a billion on motivational speakers. Positive psychology ( science of happiness ) offered in many colleges and universities. Problem is that decisions we make are probably those that are not making us happy but have other positive aspects. On the other hand, we shouldn"t make decisions that only re ect our own happiness and not anyone else"s. Dr. daniel gilbert -> blames culture, genes and imagination: culture, buy bigger, newer and better things. However : stuff does not buy happiness.