do you know your music well?

The theory that happiness is relative is based on three postulates: (1) happiness results from comparison, (2) standards of comparison adjust, (3) standards of comparison are arbitrary constructs. On the basis of these postulates the theory predicts: (a) happiness does not depend on real quality of life, (b) changes in living-conditions to the good or the bad have only a shortlived effect on happiness, (c) people are happier after hard times, (d) people are typically neutral about their life. Together these inferences imply that happiness is both an evasive and an inconsequential matter, which is at odds with corebeliefs in present-day welfare society.

Recent investigations on happiness (in the sense of life-satisfaction) claim support for this old theory. Happiness is reported to be as high in poor countries as it is in rich countries (Easterlin), no less among paralyzed accident victims than it is among lottery winners (Brickman) and unrelated to stable livingconditions (Inglehart and Rabier). These sensational claims are inspected but found to be untrue. It is shown that: (a) people tend to be unhappy under adverse conditions such as poverty, war and isolation, (b) improvement or deterioration of at least some conditions does effect happiness lastingly, (c) earlier hardship does not favour later happiness, (d) people are typically positive about their life rather than neutral.

Created by: cj
  1. who sang "photograph?"
  2. which of the following songs was NOT played by metro station?
  3. how sang "fall for you?"
  4. fill in the blank:you spin my head_____round, _____round, when you go down, when you go down down.
  5. fill in the blank, again:i dont wana be a chicken, i dont wana be a duck, so what the ____.
  6. how sang pump it?
  7. which of the following did akon sing?
  8. fill in the blank:shorty had them_____bottom jeans boots with the___, with the___.
  9. who sang "crank dat?"
  10. how sang "holiday?"

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Quiz topic: Do I know my music well?