MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
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Genetics do not have any detectable impact on a person’s individual happiness, as scientists previously believed.
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By actively attempting to be happier more often, people can improve their set point of happiness.
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While genetics may determine a person’s range of happiness, individual choices have a significant impact on happiness levels.
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Individual choices can influence a person’s happiness levels, but the effects they have on overall happiness are insignificant in comparison to the effects of genetics.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: C While genetics may determine a person’s range of happiness, individual choices have a significant impact on happiness levels. Explanation: Human genes according to the passage determines significantly a person’s level of happiness.
Detailed explanation-2: -Diener identifies five factors that contribute to happiness: social relationships, temperament/adaptation, money, society and culture, and positive thinking styles. Happy people have strong social relationships.
Detailed explanation-3: -30-40% of the differences in happiness between people is accounted for by genetic differences between people.
Detailed explanation-4: -This knowledge about happiness states that 50% of our happiness is determined by genetics, 10% by our circumstances and 40% by our internal state of mind. This rule originates from the book “The How Of Happiness” written by Sonja Lyubomirsky. A lot of people and even psychologists live by this rule.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Three Keys to Happiness Scientists have found that the three things that make people most happy are PLEASURE (doing things you enjoy), ENGAGEMENT (feeling interested in your activities and connected to others), and MEANING (feeling like what you do matters).