AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Happiness is often known by another name in positive psychology research: subjective wellbeing, or SWB. Some believe happiness is one of the core components of SWB, while others believe happiness is SWB. Regardless, you’ll frequently find SWB used as a shorthand for happiness in the literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -happiness, in psychology, a state of emotional well-being that a person experiences either in a narrow sense, when good things happen in a specific moment, or more broadly, as a positive evaluation of one’s life and accomplishments overall-that is, subjective well-being.

Detailed explanation-3: -Happiness is related to experiencing more positive feelings than negative ones. However, sustainable well-being does not mean individuals have to be happy and always feel good, it recognizes painful emotions, including disappointment, grief, and failure, as a part of anybody’s normal life.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first type, known as eudaimonic well-being, is happiness associated with a sense of purpose or a meaning in life. The second, known as hedonic well-being, is happiness as the result of “consummatory self-gratification” or happiness not associated with a purpose but rather a response to a stimulus or behavior.