Post Hoc Research Paper

From the perspective of positive psychology, there is a well-being formula invested by Martin Seligman to achieve a higher well-being. Martin Seligman (2010) defined as happiness: H (to maintain the length of happiness) = S (happy range breadth) + V (you can control the factors) + C (your living environment). Happy length: the distinction between "temporary" happy and "persistent" happy. Temporary happiness can be achieved by food, comedy, bunch of flowers. While the persistence of happiness is mainly affected by genetic, and this genetic trait can be changed. The breadth of happiness: psychologists think that we are born with a happy constant point, like a thermometer. If there is a happier thing, even if we are upset, it will be dedicated

Mankind must by this time have acquired positive beliefs as to the effects of some actions on their happiness; and the beliefs which have thus come down are the rules of morality for the multitude, and for the philosopher until he has succeeded in finding better. That philosophers might easily do this, even now, on many subjects; that the received code of ethics is by no means of divine right; and that mankind have still much to learn as to the effects of actions on general happiness, I admit or rather earnestly maintain.

These implications were based on other reasoning’s on how happiness is achieved, gained and most importantly maintained. “Is it possible to assist individuals to make better choices about happiness, for themselves and all life on the planet? Can we teach sustainable happiness? If so, can this be expanded to the community level? Is it possible to create communities, towns, and cities that make people happier sustainably and thus contribute to public and environmental health and well-being?

In the article, Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says, “Researchers such as Cummins et al. (2009) go as far as to suggest that individuals are happier when whole society’s functions better” (Flynn and MacLeod 452). This shows that without happiness, people could not work well together. It is why so many people work together, and keeping the economy well. In the article Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says, “It is well known in the positive psychology literature that increased happiness is related to multiple benefits including better mental and physical health, (see Lyubomirsky et al. 2005)” (Flynn and MacLeod 452). This is why people that are happier have a better life in their jobs and schools. It also shows that people have better eating habits if they are happy. In the article Determinants of Happiness in Undergraduate University Students, it says that, “The individual benefits can pale in comparison to the potential societal gains of having a population comprised of such happy and therefore “successful” individuals” (Flynn and MacLeod 453). This is why people who like their job are better at their job. People that are fortunate are ones who usually like their job. People are happier if what they are doing is what they like, and it helps them to be happier than they

This myth is the idea that the more positive and pleasurable things in our life, the happier we will be. Also, that with lots of money comes happiness. Ed Diener and Martin Seligman studied two-hundred graduates in order to compare their happiness levels. The most happy individuals did not experience a greater number of positive events than the least happy people. Another study over a group of employed women found that positive life events did not have much correlation with their happiness. Their amount of sleep and proneness to depression had a major impact on their happiness, though. Research also supports the hedonic treadmill, which is a hypothesis that our moods adjust to life events like our legs adjust to the speed of a treadmill. This

I want to become more positive about external events that have occurred to me personally. Daniel Gilbert said, “People overestimate how much impact both good and bad events will have on them in the future”(Happy).We overestimate how circumstance will have an affect on us. According to Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, “Approximately 50% of the variation in happiness across individuals in a population is genetic, 10% of it is situational and, 40% of it is attributable to behavior and thought patterns” (The Biology of Happiness, pg 65). This shows us that only 10% of what happens to us does not affect our happiness in any drastic way it depends on your perspective on the event. In the Sources of Happiness it states,”..even though I’d rather not be HIV positive, I have to admit that in some way it has transformed my life… in positive ways…”(Dalai Lama, 102).

The most universal goal every human has in common is the pursuit of happiness or “creation or construction of happiness” (Achor, 78). To be able to fulfill this wish of becoming happy, people often think the key to achieving happiness is success. In the book, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, he debunks this theory of success leading to happiness by illustrating the reverse theory of success. Through dozens of studies and experiments as forms of evidence, the author argues that an individual needs to achieve happiness in order to be truly successful. Achor 's argument is valid in that happiness should come before success because there is a clear advantage to being successful in an individual’s work life, personal sphere, and liveliness if they are happy first and foremost.

A fire hose is a flexible type of hose used to move water or another agent from a source to the fire. In early firefighting days’ firefighters used buckets that were passed down a line of people back and forth from a water source in order to put out the fire. At the time, this method was the best method but in all reality, it was labor intensive and ineffective. Large amounts of water were lost because the heavy buckets were being passed down from hand to hand, plus the actual delivery of the extinguishing agent to the seat of the fire was poor and unreliable. The beginning of the new hand pumping engines brought big improvements to the fire service by delivering water to the fire area, but there was still a problem because the engine still

Happiness is the goal; it is a state of bliss that everyone experiences at one point or another. Though, does the extreme pursuit of it, by an entire society, create adverse effects, including causing disorder and chaos? Tremendous effort can be brought forth, but to what end? What is the point of preserving a static and artificial contentment? (S. Phillip Morgan) Daily hardships can be thrown out the window, but it comes at a price.

People tend to feel the most happiness in their daily lives rather than happiness over all. For instance, if someone opens the door for you, does something outrageous, tells a funny story or simply reacts kindly to you, you can experience happiness. Laughing at someones joke can cause you to feel happy even for just a moment. Another definition of happiness in our daily lives is self appreciation such as, getting that new raise, getting an A on a test or even getting into the college you want. These examples all cause happiness in different but still rather large ways. We seem to think that happiness is so difficult to come by, we focus so hard on what happiness is that we don't even realize the simple things in life that are truly making a difference. We can become significantly happy without even noticing. Although happiness seems like it’s hard to find it’s not all that difficult. What’s hard to come by is the feeling of genuine happiness ; genuine happiness is what people truly look for.

North Korea is one of the most talked about areas because of the extreme rules and the amount of propaganda that is produced. North Korea creates a lot of propaganda and so does the George Orwell novel Animal Farm. The two have a lot of similar aspects because in the novel the pigs determined everything just like North Korean government does for its people. The novel is one for kids but is has a much deeper meaning.. In North Korea, there’s a ton of propaganda that can be relatable to the same types of propaganda used in Animal Farm.

Our internal world governs our happiness, not conditions put upon us from our external environment or conditions we place on ourselves. To put it another way, our search for happiness is the very reason we’re unhappy (McLeod, 2007). Psychology considers happiness an emotion or mental state and a predictor of how well one’s life is going. Some say that happiness is a choice, and therefore a behavior that one chooses. Happiness is a way of interpreting the world, since while it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it (McLeod, 2007).

Psychologists have not located assured causes that lead people to well-being. David G. Myers in his article “The Funds, Friends, and Faith of Happy People” published in the American Psychologist (2000) and Michael Wiederman in “Why It's So Hard to Be Happy” published in the Scientific American Mind (2007), discuss the reasons which lead people to be happy, and the factors which contribute to unhappiness.

In my opinion, people seem to be happy for many different reasons at different times in

Without happiness, people might not be living their lives the way they yearn to. This is a prominent part of the