Classical evidance- Myers and Diener Flashcards

Question

Conclusion 2?

Answer 1

Cultural worldview- People’s view of the world will have an impact on how happy someone is

Answer 2

Value and goals Having goals and making progress towards them can predict wellbeling if people dream of money and work for it they will be happy because they will fulfill there goal

Answer 3

By exploring who is happy and why, this research can help people case their prioritys and build a life enhancing human well-being

Answer 4

A persons age, sex, race or income does not inform us about how happy someone is

Answer 5

S- A weekness of this study is that a proportion of the data regarding subjective well being was collected through self report techniques like questionnaires and interviews E- For example, the data collected about SWB is inevitable subjective, when someone reports their happy theirs no way to confirm that, it may be the respondent are not likely to tell the truth, and present social desirable as they want to appear in good light, reasercher found that social desirability core plates with happiness scores of people who also give socially desirable responces E- Sugesting reaserch which influences m&d reaserch is at risk of being subjective or invalid It can be difficult weather a finding us at risk of being subjective or invalid, it’s also difficult to establish weather findings regarding happiness are accurate or a product of social desirability C- However when friends are asked to rate happiness of the same people the rating correlated confirming original answer W- This is a weekness as it’s difficult to achieve accurate info regarding happiness and subjective well-being as the method of collecting this data’s at risk of being bias however theirs evidence to go against this

Answer 6

S- Another weakness is that many finding are correlation meaning that many findings suggest a relationship between factors, but it’s difficult to establish a cause and effect E- For example, M&D found many links between happiness and factors such as relationships, faith and culture- however this has not been established as a cause and effect relationship E- This means that we cannot assume that a particular factor is a cause of happiness, the link between marriage and happiness may not be due to the relationship itself but because of the disposable cash (2 incomes) W- This is a weekness as it’s difficult to understand the true nature of findings as it suggests that happiness is linked to particular factors but not explicitly caused by them

Answer 7

S- A social implication is that the reaserch draws conclusions about the happiness of specific cultural groups E- In findings regarding to ‘is happiness related to race or culture’ Ingelharts findings suggest that in Portugal 10% or people reported being happy compared to 40% in Netherlands leading assumptions about different groups, we also need to be careful as we wonder if the sample was bias E- Meaning it can lead a negative outlook on particular groups within society weather this regards particular religions, cultures, races or even financial status, the risk of people developed ng stigma towards groups, assuming their happy or unhappy it’s important for reaserch i avoid creating any stigmatisation around particular groups of people as we don’t want the risk of being treated unfairly W- This is a weekness as it can lead to venerability and can cause psychological harm

Answer 8

S- An ethical strength is that their was no risk of harm E- their was no debrief needed or deception as their was no participant E- No realtionshi was formed as lit review was done their was no way to lie or harm is because m&D didn’t meet any p so their fore it’s highly ethical W- Thefore this is a strength as if ps put in a harmful environment it can damage ps and reaserch Beneficial as they didn’t use any p’s

Classical evidance- Myers and Diener Flashcards

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