AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A twin study of over 2, 000 twins from the Minnesota Twin Registry found that approximately 50% of life satisfaction is due to genetics. This leaves 40% attributable to intentional activities and 10% attributable to external events.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary: 50% of a person’s happiness is determined by their genetic makeup, researchers discovered. A new study considers the roles both nature and nurture play in a person’s happiness. The self-help industry is booming, fuelled by research on positive psychology – the scientific study of what makes people flourish.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some people seem to be born with a happier, carefree disposition than others, and research indicates that-yes-some of your sense of well-being may be in your genes. But only partly. Your genes make up an estimated 40% of your ability to be happy, says psychotherapist Susan Zinn of Susan Zinn Therapy.

Detailed explanation-4: -If you’ve read a book or listened to a talk about happiness in the past 15 years, there’s a good chance you heard that 50 percent of our happiness is determined by our genes, 40 percent by our activities, and 10 percent by our life circumstances.