... are some people happier than others? To understand this question, you must first understand the cognitive and motivational processes that serve to maintain, and even enhance, continuing happiness. The author of this article explores the relevant psychological processes, such as social comparison, dissonance reduction, self-reflection, self-evaluation, and person perception, in chronically happy and unhappy individuals. In ... this essay, I will summarize the purpose and content of the article. First, the author evaluates the impact of social comparison in relation to happiness. Social co...

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... by using evocative and poetic language in order to draw on emotions of his parents to express their true feelings. This enables the reader to identify with both Baker as author and as a second-generation son of Holocaust survivors. This lends the text an intergenerational focus that makes it more powerfully resonant. The use of italics to document exact recollections of ... ...

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... by making a clear break with authority is that, they were not under any kind of pressure or harm that would force them to remain active in the experiment; as the author declares that "the experimenter did not threaten the subjects with punishment -- such as loss of income, community ostracism, or jail -- for failure to obey" (Milgram), though if this ... ...

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... and their teacher, dissertation advisor, or research supervisor; having a sexual relationship with a current or former client; conducting any kind of business relationship with a current or former client (e.g. mentor, partner, co-author, consultant, lender, debtor, etc.); providing psychological services to children of friends, colleagues, employees, or frequent social contacts. The term double professions applies to situations in which a therapist serves in a second ... ...

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