PSY336H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Positive Illusions, Hedonic Treadmill, Will Horton And Sonny Kiriakis
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Swb theory: explain swb individual differences, 1) prompt satisfaction of needs = happiness. Unhappy = persistence of unfulfilled needs: 2) degree of fulfillment required to produce satisfaction depends adaption/aspiration level, influenced by past exp, comparison, personal values. Lower swb but effects of social support were entirely mediated by rumination. 3 models of interactionism: 1) statistical interaction additive form of interaction where dependent variable variance was variance of ppl, situation, their interactions. Predisposition to happiness but greater happiness occurs only when pleasant event occurs: 2) reciprocal, dynamic, transactional, or organismic interactionism. Ppl are not necessarily happy in situations congruent with their personality, but rather only if they had chosen to be in the situation rather than had it imposed. Widowed were more depressed than the non-widowed. Practices of democracy and the like may inflate the positive relation of. Not a strong causal path = ppl are only slightly happy, countries are much happier.
