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| An emotion that will modify our behavior that will benefit our genes. |
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| DOES MONEY MAKE YOU HAPPY? |
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Yes, but to a certain extent.
At poverty level it will make you happy, and at the rich level you have the same happiness that a poverty level person does. |
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DOES INDUSTRILIZED SOCIETIES CREATE THE DESIRE FOR MATERIAL BELONGING?
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No
Native Tribes are not Industrialized and they want material things.
Not something that is created by Advertisers.
**Desire to aquire stuff is universal** |
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| WILL ACHEVING OUR GOALS MAKE US HAPPY? |
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| No, the process of achieving them does. |
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| WHY DO GENES CARE ABOUT IMPROVEMENT AND NOT ABSOLUTE LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT? |
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Fitness is relative reproductive success. We want to feel that we are doing better than others. |
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| HOW IS EVOLUTION A RELATIVE GAME? |
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It matters that you have more than others.
Fitness is relative. |
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| WHY ARE WE ABLE TO ADJUST QUICKLY TO GOOD FORTUNE AND RECOVER FROM ACCIDENTS? |
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Adjust quickly because we always want to make progress.
If we are in an accident we are sad at first, but don't stay sad because we get better, we are making progress. |
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| ADVICE: THAT HAPPINESS GIVES YOU. |
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Don't take goals too seriously, will not make you happy forever.
Pain and Humiliation will not last.
(Ex. Bruinwalk Ask-Out) |
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| Things that makes us feel happy |
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Checklist, being productive makes us feel happy.
Expecting the worst, will make us feel better. |
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What is revealed preference?
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Watching the individuals behavior and see what their decisions show.
Ex. Colonoscopy, they came back, showing that because they ended on a good note, they revealed their preference. |
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NATURALISTIC FALLACY
Define Fallacy |
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Fallacy: What people believe is true, but is not necessarily true.
Believe that is something is natural it is good, and if its not then its bad.
(Ex. Drugs, Tobacco, Death) |
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Biology influences us towards one direction in terms of our behavior.
Culture modies our behavior. However, we are able to learn some associations but not others.
We are able to remember social information but not specific facts.
Shows the limitation that biology has on culture, and culture's ability to shape us.
Ex. we should be afraid of guns (culture) but we are afraid of snakes (biology). Proving that not all fears are learned with equal sense, since guns do more harm that snakes. |
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