Research on the So-Called "Hedonic Treadmill" Would Predict That People

question 160

Multiple Choice

Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" would predict that people who have received life sentences to prison would ____.

• A) tend to show more excitation transfer of emotions as time went on
• B) tend to avoid affective forecasting
• C) become more and more devastated by their sentencing as time went on
• D) be devastated by their sentencing, but return to nearly pre-prison levels of happiness within a few years

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