Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ob River, Affective Forecasting, Naturalistic Observation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

The paradox of progress: technological progress provides us time-saving devices. We feel that we have less and less free time (work follows people home) cut on sleep: more available life choices (education, when/how work, marry/not children, depression looks) Choice overload undermines individual"s happiness contributes to. Rumination (herkauwen: technology provides us unprecedented control on the world (we can do almost everythin) We create as many problems as we solve (behavioral and technological. Devastating negative impact on our environment (global warming, problems) outrunning resources) Paradox of progress = our technological progress (that seemed really impressive) has not led to improvements in our health and happiness but. Instead brought new and possibly more difficult, adjustment problems (our quality of live and sense of personal fulfillment have declined instead) The basic challenge of modern life has become: the search for a sense of direction and meaning and personal philosophy.