Professor Crane Was Ecstatic When He Learned That His Research

question 106

Multiple Choice

Professor Crane was ecstatic when he learned that his research study had been approved for publication.His feelings of joy quickly disappeared,however,when he heard a colleague recently had three different research articles accepted for publication.His declining emotional satisfaction is best explained in terms of

• A) a happiness set point.
• B) relative deprivation.
• C) the experience of flow.
• D) the adaptation-level phenomenon.

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Definitions:

Praise

The act of expressing approval or admiration for someone or something.

Personality Disorders

Mental health conditions involving long-term patterns of thoughts and behaviors that significantly differ from cultural expectations and lead to distress or impairment.

Clusters

Groups of similar items, people, or events that are positioned closely together, often implying some shared characteristics.

Inflexible

Lacking flexibility; unable to change or adapt to new situations or perspectives.