When the Mental Scale That People Use to Judge the Pleasantness-Unpleasantness

question 38

Multiple Choice

When the mental scale that people use to judge the pleasantness-unpleasantness of their experiences shifts so that their neutral point, or baseline for comparison, changes it is referred to as

• A) hedonic shift.
• B) happiness shift.
• C) hedonic adaptation.
• D) happiness adaptation.

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