Week One Checkpoint One

PSY 220

Researchers mean by subjective well-being the study of happiness. The construct measured by researchers is to asses a person's life satisfaction and the frequency of positive and negative emotional experiences. A really good example of this is that money and wealth does not equal happiness and most studies show people who win a large amount of the lottery quickly return to their pre-lottery happiness. I found this very interesting because I grew up in a family that did not have money and although now I have the things my children and I need I always think but how great would it be to win a couple of million dollars. Reading this information has opened my eyes and really made me realize, maybe I do not have...