HISB94H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Ruut Veenhoven, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Eudaimonia
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The term happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional states, including positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. It is also used in the context of life satisfaction, subjective well-being, eudaimonia, flourishing and well-being. Since the 1960s, happiness research has been conducted in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including gerontology, social psychology and positive psychology, clinical and medical research and happiness economics. "happiness" is the subject of debate on usage and meaning, and on possible differences in understanding by culture. The word is mostly used in relation to two factors: the current experience of the feeling of an emotion such as pleasure or joy, for instance daniel. Kahneman has defined happiness as "what i experience here and now". This usage is prevalent in dictionary definitions of happiness. appraisal of life satisfaction, such as of quality of life. For instance ruut veenhoven has defined happiness as "overall appreciation of one"s life as-a-whole. "
