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Test The Dark Side of the Excessive Pursuit of Happiness
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QUESTION 1: What is the "paradox of happiness" according to the text?
An excessive pursuit of happiness can lead to less happiness
Happiness is only found through extreme positivity
Negative emotions must be eliminated to be happy
Happiness is an easy goal to monitor and achieve
2nd QUESTION: What negative consequence can extremely high levels of happiness have?
Greater attention to detail
Less creativity (compared to the moderately happy)
A total aversion to risk-taking
An increased capacity for critical thinking
3rd QUESTION: Why are negative emotions such as fear or sadness functional?
Because they help us to be constantly euphoric
Because they are a sign of weakness that we must overcome
Because they alert us to dangers or signal losses to process
Because they prevent us from taking necessary risks
QUESTION 4: What happened to the group of people who were asked to "try to be happy" while listening to music?
They became much happier than the other group
They focused better on the music
Their mood improved significantly
They did not become happier and even experienced more negativity
QUESTION 5: How do moderately happy people compare to extremely happy people in terms of creativity?
Moderately happy people tend to be very creative, while extremely happy people are no more so
Extremely happy people are much more creative
Neither group is creative
Happiness has no relation to creativity
QUESTION 6: What risk do we run if we obsess about being happy all the time and ignore negative emotions?
We become more authentic and realistic
We suppress important cues and can make bad decisions
We increase our critical and rational thinking
We process losses better
QUESTION 7: How does true contentment often arise, according to the text?
Constantly evaluating whether we are happy in every moment
Avoiding meaningful relationships to focus on self
As a byproduct of living a life of purpose and gratitude
Directly pursuing peaks of euphoria
8th QUESTION: What aspect is of vital importance in the pursuit of happiness?
The intensity with which we pursue it
Ignoring negative emotions
Reaching extreme levels of positivity
How we pursue that happiness
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