Sunday, June 8, 2014

The psychology of happiness

Happiness is life experience marked by a abundance of positive emotion. Feelings of happiness and thoughts of satisfaction with life are two prime components of subjective well being. Are people happy? most people report of being "fairly" or "very" happy and few being "not too happy." Happiness as nothing else that an emotion, a long-term sense of emotional well-being and contentment. Happiness is commonly considered by psychologists the main way we can evaluate how well our life is going. As such, how happy a person feels  is perhaps the single, most important piece of information one can know about a person – for it usually tells the whole story. Because of this, happiness should be the most important thing to considering in examining your own life.






Happiness scientifically.

Happy Brain, Happy Life
Happy brains are more creative, quicker, and more mentally alert.




What science taught us about happiness

  1. High status brings low ethics
  2. Happiness is about respect, not riches.
  3. Kindness is its own reward
  4. We can train ourselves to be more compassionate
  5. Gratitude sustains relationships through tough times
  6. Humans are quicker to cooperate than compete
  7. There is a dark side to pursuing happiness





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