What Is Hedonic Adaptation

question 154

Multiple Choice

What is hedonic adaptation

• A) the tendency to discount positive events that you have never experienced 
• B) the tendency to view positive events relative to a standard that is based on your experience 
• C) the tendency for natural selection to act on beneficial emotional traits, but not on maladaptive ones 
• D) the tendency to seek out pleasurable events

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