PSYC 289D Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Binge-Watching, Delayed Gratification, Affective Forecasting
17 Feb 2017
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Not necessairily an emotional state, but similar to happiness. Could be similar to those with positive affect. In some cultures, pleasure is thought of as sinful. Pleasure guides us to a higher functioning person. Something is more pleasurable when it"s interrupted slightly. Delayed gratification - withholding the immediate pleasure for something better. People like fridays more than sundays, friday is the end of the work week. Friday is still a work day but sunday is a rest day. Something a little further down the road is more pleasurable. Humans work best in groups, shared social pleasure. Allows people to interact and prepare to deal with challenges. Having a common sense of culture enables us to work together. They will weigh more heavily on our minds. Our memories of it are better when it ends positively. Being around something more often makes us like it more. What will make us happy or sad, how long it"ll last, how intense it"ll be.
