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What is "happiness" for a believer of
Psychoanalytical
Behavioral
Social Learning
Cognitive
Sociocultural
Humanistic
Biological
And how might it be obtained?

2006-12-18 13:44:03 · 3 answers · asked by Slick 1 in Social Science Psychology

3 answers

Spirituality........its all in there.

2006-12-18 13:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by lifepathlight 1 · 0 0

Oooh, cool question. Here are my guesses:

Psychoanalytic: Completion of Freud's 5 stages of development, and fulfillment of sexual desires and needs. Would have to include effective use of repression mechanisms and such.
Behavioral: Successful acquisition of cheese/Purina rat chow? Maybe something along the lines of "have adequate opportunities for reward to meet basic needs?"
Social Learning: Obtaining expected social rewards from others.
Cognitive: Something like successful resolution of perceived problems in living maybe? I just finished cognitive and I still don't understand it.
Sociocultural: See Vygotsky.
Humanistic: Perception of valuation by others, contentment with personal values.
Biological: Satiation of basic physical needs - food, sex, sleep

A lot of these are guesses. I'd love to see a discussion paper on this though!

2006-12-18 22:27:58 · answer #2 · answered by ThePaulson 2 · 1 0

There are too many answers to this question, as happiness is defined differently by different people. The way I define happiness may be way different than the way you define it.

2006-12-18 22:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon W 5 · 0 1

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