Despite Attending Many Workshops on Personal Growth and Reading Self-Help

question 88

Multiple Choice

Despite attending many workshops on personal growth and reading self-help books on how to be happier, Mary has never really become happier for any significant length of time. Researchers who study the stability of happiness would suggest that Mary's high degree of stability in happiness across time could be explained in terms of __________.

• A) a genetically influenced happiness "set point"
• B) unresolved unconscious conflicts
• C) genetically determined low self-esteem
• D) her failure to identify the hidden root cause of her unhappiness through psychoanalysis

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Definitions:

Recognition Heuristic

A strategy in which decision making stops as soon as a factor that moves one toward a decision has been recognized.

Solve a Problem

The process of finding solutions or answers to a question or obstacle, often involving critical thinking, analysis, and the application of specific strategies or techniques.

Curiosity and Inquisitiveness

The desire to learn or know about anything; the quality of being curious and eager to explore and discover.

Conventional

Conventional refers to something that follows accepted or traditional standards, practices, or methods.