Friday, September 28, 2012

What makes people happy?

I chose this topic because we have touched upon it in AP Psychology.  We didn’t spend much time on it but I was very interested when we did.  I think this is a topic you could do a lot of research on because there are so many possibilities as to what makes people truly happy. Everyone knows the saying, ‘money can’t buy you happiness,’ but I want to know what a person can do to achieve happiness.  After I order a new jacket in the mail and it comes in the mail, I am happy yet my dad always questions if material things actually made me happy. I want to know if material things actually make people happy or if they are just abstract concepts that do. People become happy for different reasons and I want to find out if biology or genetics have anything to do with it, or it’s just simple what happens in day to day life that make one truly happy.

13 comments:

  1. do material goods contribute to happiness?

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  2. how would you define happiness?

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  3. Can someone be happy without material goods?

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  4. What is happiness? I mean like how much dopamine is required to get to the feeling of happiness? What is subjective well being?

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  5. how important are relationships?

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  6. does how much money your peers or neighbors have affect your happiness?

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  7. Can your peers affect your happiness?

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  8. What is the relationship between happiness and funny stuff?

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  9. Does money make everyone happy?

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  10. Pursuit of Happiness, watch it.

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