PSY336H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Consumerism, Psychopathology, Eudaimonia
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Living well: a self-determination theory perspective on eudaimonia. Richard m. ryan, veronika huta, and edward l. deci- Hedonic approach: defines well-being as happiness: occurrence of positive affect and absence of negative affect, focus on a specific outcome attainment of positive affect and absence of pain, focus of hedonic research is on pleasure. Their perspective: positive affect and pleasure are both correlates and consequences of living well of eudaimonia: person who engages in meaningful endeavours, actualizes potentials is fully functioning experience considerable happiness and pleasure. There are multiple routes to pleasure not all entail living eudaimonically. Prescriptions based on maximizing pleasure are too often associated with dead-end routes to wellness such as selfishness, materialism, Eudaimonic living will yield more stable and enduring hedonic happiness. Focus on hedonic happiness is presupposed by and a reflection of individualistic, market-based economics. Focusing on broader edauimonic outcomes may suggest important alternative routes to individual and societal wellness.
