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Can the Pursuit of Happiness Make You Unhappy? « peer-reviewed by my neurons - 0 views

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paradoxical happiness goal

shared by naomi suissa on 10 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • paradoxical effects
    • naomi suissa
      naomi suissa on 10 Oct 11
       
      Those who expect to reach a certain level of happiness rarely reach that goal because this level of happiness often has standards that are much too high
  • failed to achieve your goal of being happy
  • negative effects of valuing happiness are most likely to occur in situations where people feel they should be happy
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  • The researchers hypothesized that although there would be no differences among those who watched the sad clip, the participants watching the happy clip who valued happiness would be less happy than those who did not value happiness. In the end, this is exactly what happened.
    • naomi suissa
      naomi suissa on 10 Oct 11
       
      After this study, the researchers came to the exact conclusion that they were expecting!!
    • naomi suissa
      naomi suissa on 10 Oct 11
       
      I consider this site useful because the author is elaborating on my side of the debate and giving me hints on how I could convince my opponent that I truly believe that the pursuit of happiness makes you unhappy 
  • naomi suissa on 10 Oct 11
     
    Article by Eric Horow; his perspective of the pursuit of happiness
  • Daryl Bambic on 20 Oct 11
     
    Interesting blog and author...not the most credible for your cause but still interesting.
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