PSY336H1 Lecture : Lecture 2
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Laughing: hanging out with friends, retiring young and wealthy, maximizing good times tgif, well-being entails emotion and sense of meaning. What is it missing: consistency (649 lifestyle, empty dream, contrast, emptiness, how people"s lives turn out (i. e. crackhead life) More depth + vision + goals higher achiever. More meaningful events more mind-blowing experiences. Ned is enjoying life more at this point. It"s superficial to say that ned"s well-being at the beginning caused ned"s less well-being in the last 10 years. once a country gets their act together, people out of hell, it doesn"t seem to matter. north america: monetarily okay but high dysfunction + anxiety. gdp increases over the years and there is a very slight decrease in happiness therefore there is no relation between gdp and happiness: individuals: promotion = no overall lasting effects (temporary) win lottery = enjoy contrast; over time, you get used to it: standards have changed.