![]() ![]() A Harvard study about chocolate consumption was carried out with two group participants for a two week period. It fits the description, doesn’t it? The hedonic adaptation studiesġ. Well, he simply compared the pursuit of happiness to a person on a treadmill, who has to keep working just to stay in the same place. Why did Michael use the treadmill metaphor, you ask? ![]() This is how the hedonic treadmill term came to existence. Later on in the 1990s, Michael Eysenck used the metaphor of a treadmill to describe how people are continually seeking to raise their level of happiness but never quite achieving what they expect when a life event occurs. Back then, it was referred to as the hedonic adaptation. Psychologists Brickman and Campbell first noted this concept in an essay in 1971 (“Hedonic Relativism and Planning the Good Society”). Surprise, surprise! It doesn’t last for long. This wasn’t the amount of pleasure you were expecting, and even if it is. Sadly, and to your your complete shock you’re not as happy as you thought you’d be when u got what you wanted. The answer is No, we have this tendency of going back to a certain level of happiness, and this concept goes by the name “Hedonic Adaptation”.īut hedonic adaptation isn’t just that, it’s every dream job we ever fantasized about, every luxurious apartment we ever hoped to rent, every car we saved up for, and every time we uttered the words, “Imagine how happy I’d be if I got this or that”. Will you still feel the same happiness you felt the first time, will you But how long does that happines last for?Īvengers over and over again, or say you hear your favorite song each day for a You just listened to your favorite song, and you’re happy, giddy even. You just got out of the theaters after watching “The Avengers” and you’re thrilled from being one of the firsts to see it. ![]()
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