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hedonic treadmill n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

... treadmill n . An interpretation of subjective well-being based on adaptation-level theory , published by the Canadian psychologist Philip Brickman ( 1943–82 ) and the US psychologist Donald T(homas) Campbell ( 1916–96 ) in a book chapter in 1971 , according to which a person’s moods change in response to good and bad experiences but return quickly to neutrality, so that both happiness and sadness tend to be transitory. In a classic article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ( 1978 ), Brickman and two colleagues provided...

happiness n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

... n . One of the primary emotions , associated with pleasure or joy. See also eudaimonic well-being , health psychology , hedonic treadmill , hedonic well-being , positive psychology , smile , subjective well-being . happy adj . [From Old Norse happ good luck + - ness , indicating a...

treadmill n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

... n . A device for driving machinery or providing exercise consisting of a continuous moving belt on which a person can walk or jog while staying in the same place. See also hedonic treadmill [From Old High German tretan to tread + Latin mola a mill or millstone, from molere to...

subjective well-being n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

...between average income and average subjective well-being, and rising income does not always increase subjective well-being. It is substantially determined by genetic inheritance and is strongly associated with health and longevity. See eudaimonic well-being , hedonic treadmill , hedonic well-being . See also emergenesis . SWB abbrev...

positive psychology n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

...US psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (born 1934 ). In March 2003 , the British Psychological Society's journal The Psychologist also devoted a special issue to positive psychology. See also eudaimonic well-being , happiness , health psychology , hedonic treadmill , hedonic well-being , ego involvement , post-traumatic growth , self-confidence , self-efficacy , self-esteem , subjective well-being...

adaptation-level theory n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

...necessarily relative to the prevailing norm or adaptation level, so that a 4 ounce (113 gram) pen is heavy, but a baseball bat must weigh over 40 ounces (1.13 kilograms) to be judged heavy. The phenomenon is a type of context effect . Also called AL theory . See also hedonic treadmill , prospect theory . Compare assimilation–contrast theory...

prospect theory n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

...containing a 25 per cent chance of winning $250 and a 75 per cent chance of losing $750, thus violating the principle of rationality according to which a dominant alternative/strategy should invariably be preferred. See also endowment effect , framing effect , hedonic treadmill . Prospect theory. The concave section to the right represents risk aversion for gains, with a sure gain of $35 having the same value as a 50 per cent probability of gaining $100; the steeper convex section to the left represents risk seeking for losses, with a sure loss of...

Kupperman, Joel Jay (1936–)   Reference library

The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers

...“Pluralism and the Tradition of Democracy,” in Can Democracy Be Taught? ed. Andrew Oldenquist (Bloomington, Ind., 1996), pp. 45–60. “How Values Congeal into Facts,” Ratio ns 13 (2000): 37–53. “ The Indispensability of Character, ” Philosophy 76 (2001): 239–50. “ Hedonic Treadmills, and Public Policy, ” Public Affairs Quarterly 17 (2003): 17–28. Further Reading Ahmad, M. Mobin . “ Kupperman’s Ethical Knowledge, ” Ethics 83 (1973): 346–51. Dalgleish, Tim . “ An Anti-anti-essentialist View of the Emotions: A Reply to Kupperman, ” Philosophical...

Trajectories of Well-Being in Later Life   Reference library

Nardi Steverink

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging

...in line with the hedonic treadmill theory, which was long considered one of the most important theories explaining why well-being often shows stability over time. Hedonic treadmill theory states that people react to good and bad events, but return to their set point of well-being in a relatively short time. More recently, however, this view has been challenged; it has been argued that individuals differ in their adaptation to events, and they can change for the long term ( Diener, Lucas, & Scollon, 2006 ; Heady, 2013 ). Regarding hedonic well-being or SWB,...

Biodiversity Metrics in Lifespan Developmental Methodology   Reference library

Lizbeth Benson and Nilam Ram

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging

...week, month, and year) and found that higher diversity in activities was associated with higher happiness, except when relatively short time scales were considered ( Etkin & Mogilner, 2014 ). Activity diversity is also implied in the hedonic adaptation prevention model, suggesting that one way to avoid the hedonic treadmill—the relatively short-lived boost in positive affect in response to a positive event—is to seek varied positive events/activities ( Jacobs Bao & Lyubomirsky, 2013 ; Quoidbach et al., 2015 ; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2012 ). Finally, from...

Economic Conditions and Public Opinion on Climate Change   Reference library

Salil Benegal and Lyle Scruggs

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication

... Jagers, S. C. , & Martinsson, J. (2011). Explaining ups and downs in the public’s environmental concern in Sweden: The effects of ecological modernization, the economy, and the media. Organization & Environment , 24 (4), 388–403. Harrison, D. , & Rubinfeld, D. L. (1978). Hedonic housing prices and the demand for clean air. Journal of environmental economics and management , 5 (1), 81–102. Hart, P. S. , & Nisbet, E. C. (2011). Boomerang effects in science communication: How motivated reasoning and identity cues amplify opinion polarization about...