PSYC 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Empiricism, The Roots, Conscientiousness
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Hedonic adaptation shift mental scale used to judge pleasantness/unpleasantness of experience so neutral/baseline is changed. (ex: keep wanting more and more, or adapting to travel). Affective forecasting predicting our response to future events. Paradox of progress we are not happier with advancements of the world, our perceived quality of life seems worse. However, we enjoy more technological advances, leisure time, and choices than ever before (ex: time, technology, choices). Search for meaning/direction many theorists believe that this has become the basic challenge of modern life. This search has many manifestations, including the appeal of self-realization programs, religious cults, and media therapists . Self-help books an interesting manifestation of people"s struggle to find a sense of direction. Psychobabble a word used to describe the hip but hopelessly vague language used in many self-help books. Narcissism the tendency to regard oneself as grandiosely self-important.
