hedonic treadmill

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00:54 Jul 29, 2020
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Social Sciences - Economics
Additional field(s): Finance (general), Marketing / Market Research, Psychology
English term or phrase: hedonic treadmill
Definition from TapRun.com:
The human tendency to continuously adapt to a standard of living, such that increasing levels of wealth or comfort does not lead to permanent increases in happiness.

Example sentence(s):
  • It turns out that almost everybody experiences the hedonic treadmill. But if you learn to recognize its signs, you can build simple habits that will help increase your happiness without feeling the need to constantly buy new things. Develop Good Habits
  • A study by Barbara Fredrickson and colleagues Cohn, Coffey, Pek, and Finkel showed that the stream of positive emotions induced through loving-kindness meditation can outpace the effects of the hedonic treadmill (2008). PositivePsychology
  • The hedonic treadmill theory explains the often-held observation that rich people are no happier than poor people, and that those with severe money problems are sometimes quite happy. The theory supports the argument that money does not buy happiness and that the pursuit of money as a way to reach this goal is futile. Investopedia
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5Adaptació hedònica
Miquel Gomez Besos


  

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Adaptació hedònica


Definition from nfplitigation.com:
L’adaptació hedònica, també coneguda com “la cinta rodant hedonica”, és un concepte estudiat per investigadors de psicologia positiva i d’altres que se centren en la felicitat i el benestar que fa referència a la tendència general de les persones a tornar a un nivell de felicitat establert malgrat els daltabaixos i la vida.

Example sentence(s):
  • Els psicòlegs cognitius anomenen aquest efecte adaptació hedònica, un mecanisme psicològic mitjançant el qual, una vegada assolit un desig, una altra necessitat ocupa el seu lloc. - Revista dels estudis de ciència...  
  • De la mateixa manera, si seguim fent les mateixes coses i mai ens desafiem a nosaltres mateixos, l’adaptació hedònica entrarà en funcionament i ens veurem atrapats en una rutina. - hipnosi clínica  
Miquel Gomez Besos
Spain
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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