PSYC 3302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eudaimonia, Life Satisfaction, Thought Experiment
22 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Swb is a lot like hedonia feeling good and have sense of satisfaction personal assess. Is eudaimonia happiness": subjective and balance, broader than happiness more to life than just happiness. Hedonia vs. hedonisitc": positive assessment of feeling good (pos. & neg. : completely pleasure-seeking (short-term way of happiness) Correlations high among constructs: though may be possible to distinguish. Causes and consequences: positive affect and meaning, authenticity, pro-social sources of pleasure. E. g. spending money on other people makes spender feel good: happiness" vs. cause/consequences. When we"re feeling good, we can become better people. Thought experiment: developed by philosophers argue what a good life is. Moderately heritable: twin studies, what this means variations of genes are important produce neuroticism, personality and extraversion. Small associations with circumstances: marriage, age, income, employment, what this means environmental is important, demographic characteristics. Correlates: big 5 facets, conscious motives, goals, needs, interests, self-esteem, self- , ryff scales 6 dimensions, too many potential constructs to list .
