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Adams, Douglas 161 adaptation 39, 75, 76–7, 81–2,

83–4, 85, 91, 141, 166 agreeableness 104, 105 airports 87–8 amphetamine 121, 122 amygdala 120–1, 135 anger 11–2, 31 antidepressants 116–8 anxiety disorders 133 Argyle, Michael 185 Aristippus 1

Aristotle 19 arts 155

autonomy 73–5, 87 autotelic personality 25–6

Authentic Happiness (Seligman)

27, 29, 30 ayahuasca 135

Bentham, Jeremy 2, 15, 17, 21 Bhutan 2

De Botton, Alain 186

Bowling Alone (Puttnam) 179–80 brain imaging 119–20

brain stimulation reward 122–4

Brave New World (Huxley) 115–6,

170–2, 172–3

Brickman, Philip 75, 76 Burnham, Terry 186

Campbell, Donald T. 75, 76 cocaine 120, 121 cognitive-behavioural therapy

(CBT) 148–9, 150, 153

Coming of Age in Samoa (Mead)

60–1 conscientiousness 104, 105 Cosmides, Leda 13 cosmetic surgery 84

Csikszentmilhayi, Milhayi 26, 27,

29, 30, 186

d-fenfluramine 118–9 Dalai Lama 159

Dani (Papua New Guinea) 10 Darwin, Charles 10 Davidson, Richard 138 declaration of independence,

American 1

depression 108, 116–7, 124,

133, 144, 177

Diener, Ed 185 disgust 11–12, 31 divorce 79, 80

dopamine 121–2, 125, 127, 128,

139–40, 167

drugs 116–9, 120, 121–2, 126, 127–8, 134–5

Easterlin, Richard 76

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ecstasy 134

Ekman, Paul 10–12, 31 emotions, basic 10–12, 30–31

–positive versus negative 30,

31–2, 145–6

endowment effects 40 eudaimonia 19–20 Evans, Dylan 185

evolutionary psychology 12–15

– and happiness 14–15, 33,

62–3, 146–7, 149–50, 152–4, 161–70

extroversion 96–9, 102–4, 107,

108, 113, 116, 140

fear 13–14, 31, 38 fenfluramine 118–9

flow 25, 26, 171, 176

fluoxetine 116–8

Frank, Robert 85–7, 179, 182–3,

186

Freud, Sigmund 47, 65

genetic factors 92–3, 139–40 Gilbert, Paul 185

happiness

average level 48–9, 50, 166 brain mechanisms 119–25,

131, 135–6, 138–9 country comparisons 49,

51–2, 77–8

definitions 16–30, 36–7, 42 determinants 111

effects of context 34–5, 36–8,

61

evolution of 14–15, 33, 62–3,

146–7, 149–50, 152–4, 161–70

and flow 25–6

and health 67, 83, 136–7 and immune function 136–7 inherited 92–3

vs. joy 16

and life events 106–9, 166 and luck 16

and marital status 78–83,

105–6, 111

negative and positive 36, 101,

102

paradox of 154–5, 160

and personality 81, 99–105,

106–9, 111 pessimists 45–7, 58–9 set point 85

and sex 69, 111

and social class 70–2, 73–75,

111

stability of 66, 91–2

training programmes 145, 151 and wealth 38, 70–3, 77–8,

111

Hawthorne, Nathaniel 184 health 67

hedonic paradox 154–5, 160 hedonic treadmill 76 hedonics 15

hedonimeter 3, 42 hedonism 15

hemispheric asymmetries 135–6,

138–9

heredity 92–3, 139–40

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heroin 121, 122, 127, 128

Headey, Bruce 106, 107, 109

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

(Adams) 161 Hutcheson, Francis 2

Huxley, Aldous 115–6, 170–2,

172–3 hypothalamus 122, 125

immune function 136–7, 158 impression management 53 individualism 181

James, William 8–9, 159 Jefferson, Thomas 1

joy 14, 16, 30, 32–3

Juvenal 46

Kahneman, Daniel 41, 42, 185

Kant, Immanuel 169

Keats, John 160

Larkin, Philip 47 life/dinner problem 146–7 life satisfaction 33, 50, 51

liking (versus wanting) 125–7,

129, 152, 167, 169

Linville, Patricia 156 lottery winners 39, 75 LSD 135

Lykken, David 92, 111–2,

185

Man and Superman (Shaw) 170

Marar, Ziyad 186

marriage 78–83, 105–6 materialism 152, 158, 180–1 MDMA 134

Mead, Margaret 60–1 meditation 145, 157 Mencken, H.L. 38 mescaline 135

Mill, John Stuart 155 Miller, Arthur 161 Miller, Geoffrey 52

mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) 157–8

monkeys 130–2

mood and happiness judgements

35, 43

morphine 127, 128, 169

Mostly Harmless (Adams) 161

Nagel, Thomas 17

National Child Development Study (NCDS) 48–9, 55–6,

57, 68–9, 70–2, 78–80, 82, 83

neuroticism 58, 94–6, 99–101,

106–7, 108, 113, 139 nicotine 126

Nietzsche, Frederik 47 Nozick, Robert 172

nucleus accumbens 120, 121,

122, 125

obsessive-compulsive disorder

130

Olympic medallists 38 openness to experience 107 opioids 127, 128, 167

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opium 121, 127 optimism 55–6

peak-end rule 40–2, 43 Persaud, Ray 185 personality 81, 92–3, 94–9,

99–105, 106–9, 139, 141

PET scanning 119–20 Phelan, Jay 186

pleasant activity training 151,

153

positive psychology 25–9, 175 Prozac 116–8

psychotherapy 144–5, 148–9,

150, 157–8 psylobicin 135

Puttnam, Robert 179, 186

religion 155, 159 Rosenkrantz, Melissa 136 Ryff, Carol 23–24, 29

sadness 11–12, 31 Sapolsky, Robert 185 Sartre, Jean-Paul 47 Schopenhauer, Artur 45, 47 Schwarz, Norbert 35, 185 self-complexity 156–7, 180 self-enhancement 53–4 self-help books 142–3, 145 selective serotonin reuptake

inhibitors (SSRIs) 116–8 Seligman, Martin 27–9, 30, 114,

186

serotonin 116–7, 118, 119,

129–33, 139 set point 85

sex differences 69–70, 80 Shaw, George Bernard 170 Skinner, B.F. 170

Smith, Adam 52 social capital 179–80 soma 115

Stanovich, Keith 186 stress 131, 132, 137, 165 subjective well-being 33–4 suicide 177

surprise 11

Tellegen, Auke 92, 111–2 tobacco 121, 122, 126 Tooby, John 13 transcranial magnetic

stimulation 124–5 twins 92–3

utilitarianism 2–3 utility 21–2, 88–9

Walden Two (Skinner) 170 wanting (vs. liking) 125–7, 129,

152, 167, 169

Wearing, Alexander 106, 107,

109

Whitehall studies 75 Whybrow, Peter 185

Wittgenstein, Ludwig 47, 173–4 writing, benefits of 158

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