vlad321 said:
Kasz216 said:
vlad321 said:
Minor in psych and the study seems as legit as anything.
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So... I've got a Major. So if you want to play the "Degrees game" on that...
I don't know what to tell you.
Well other then if you relied soley on textbooks for your knowledge in pscyhology your better off not having the degree. You'd be surprised how much it gets simplified and outright changed.
Even reading Frued directly compared to what is written about him in a textbook is a trip.
As for Maslow... What Maslow believed was a lot different. One of my teachers was a friend of the guy. Was going to be taught by him directly but he died before then.
But I can breakdown the study without even going in to why non interpersonal happiness ratings are BS. I'll do that in the next post to avoid the massive quote tree.
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Ninja editted my post, sorry may not have gotten to see it:
If anything it just goes to show that once you remove the financial worries out of people's lives they become happier overall. Even if they pay 75% of their income for those comforts.
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See the response to why the study sucked... I could go into why Subjective Well Being is a bad statistic in general if you'd like as well.
Also, note even in the metanalysis some socialist countries did rank below the US. A lot actually. Like the UK.
Ones who have a more similar cultural makeup.
The farther away you get from interpersonal studies on happiness the more inaccurate the results get.
