Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Married People, Facial Muscles, Positive Psychology
14 Jul 2016
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Standard of living increases dramatically yet happiness in industrialized countries has shown little increase over time. Many decisions are rooted in the desire to become happy. Often, the decisions we make fail at increasing happiness. Americans will spend million on self- help books and > 1 billion on motivational speakers. Positive psychology (science of happiness) offered in many colleges and universities. Dr. daniel gilbert blames culture, genes, and imagination: culture buy bigger, newer, better things, however. Money buys happiness for those who lack basic needs. > ,000 income: more money more happiness: genes hardwire us to reproduce, however. Children have small negative effect when parents asked about happiness in the moment. Does not mean that moments of joy and happiness do not exist: imagination when we envision the future we see perceptual gloom or happily-ever after. Unhappiness and joy do not last as long as we expect.
