hypothetical possibility of being hooked up to an ‘experience machine’ that would guarantee a constant state of happiness and positive emotion. Would you choose to be hooked up to such a machine? Why or why not? In your response‚ differentiate between hedonic and eudaimonic concepts of happiness. I personally would not like to be hooked up to an ‘experience machine.’ I love feeling happiness along with other emotions but I feel by not having negative emotions we would never learn from things. A good example
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A couple of recent studies have pointed to one fact: moderate cardio exercise can significantly improve male fertility. The widespread notion that working out lowers a man’s sperm count is wrong. This is according to two studies‚ one published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine and the other in the journal Reproduction. What Do the Studies Show? The first study was conducted at the Harvard school of Public health. The subjects were 189 men with sedentary lifestyles. The study found that
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EDUC90788: Applications of Positive Psychology Assignment One Due Monday 14 April‚ 2014 Topic: Critically review a positive psychology intervention of your choice. However the intervention needs to have been published in a scientific journal or scholarly book. Analyse the method and efficacy of the intervention. Include information about how the intervention outcomes were measured and if best practice was applied. How could the intervention or assessment method be improved for future delivery
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researcher in the field of inactivity‚ Dr. James A. Levine began research and inspired furniture makers to create desks with a treadmill. The definition of ergonomics is the study of people’s efficiency in their working environment. Will this furniture help the office workers or anyone who are always sitting on their bum? Steve Bordley crafted his own desk with treadmill after having leg injury. After six weeks he lost weight and his back pain was gone‚ along with the positives he continued his
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purpose is to help pick an action to take. According to Utilitarianism‚ the action one should take show be the action that produces the most pleasure and the least pain for everyone involved. In order to make this decision‚ Bentham suggests using a hedonic calculus‚ through which you "...sum up the numbers expressive of the degree of good tendency‚ which the action has‚ with respect to each individual..." (198). This would then give you a number in which you can estimate how much pleasure is caused
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pain and pleasure and it is them that will determine what we ought to do’ meaning the right moral decision will come about through the considerations of pleasure and pain. He devised the ‘Hedonic calculus’ (hedonic meaning pleasure) which was a piece of apparatus which helped him quantify happiness. The Hedonic calculus holds seven aspects which need to be considered: Duration (How long the pleasure will last)‚ Remoteness (How close is the happiness)‚ Purity (How free from pain is the pleasure)‚
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they be surfing‚ inventing‚ or walking. However‚ she also writes about passions she thinks about which her readers would never care or learn organically (Boynton 276). How many of us would leap at an opportunity to learn more about the history of treadmill desks? Not many‚ and
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter reviews the related literature and conceptual framework of this study. The literature review cover the shopping behaviour‚ shopping value‚ consumer’s decision making styles‚ perceived shopping mall image‚ shopping mall brand loyalty and consumer segmentation. The conceptual framework of this study will be explained in the end of this chapter. 2.1 Shopping behaviour This section is attempts to provide an explanation on consumer shopping behaviour by
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inexpensive method to analyze gait‚ that is both reliable and portable. One laser was attached to each shoulder and two on a helmet put on the subjects’ heads. The lasers formed a formation of laser dots on the ceiling. The test subjects walked on a treadmill‚ which caused the laser dots to move. These were recorded with a camera. The video sequences were then analyzed with a program written in Matlab. The results showed the laser movement‚ as intended. By analysing the laser movement in different walking
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Bilal I. H. Simms Grand Canyon University: Pharmacology and Addictions 3/20/13 Historical Perspective For thousands of years psychoactive substances were utilized for both intoxication and medical purposes. Research shows that ancient civilizations were located where various substances were indigenous to the land. In many cultures it was customary to use these psychoactive substances on various occasions such as for the reduction of anxiety before battle‚ in rituals and ceremonies‚ and also
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