pleasure, contentment, satisfaction, cheerfulness,

merriment, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joviality, jollity, glee, delight, good

spirits, light heartedness, well-being, enjoyment

HAPPINESS

Presenter:EDRICK D. DELA CRUZ

“Man's last end is happiness: "all men agree

in desiring the last end, which is happiness.“ - St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive

or pleasant emotions ranging from satisfied to joy.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

University of California

The How of Happiness: a book of strategies that can be used to increase

happiness

–I’ll be happy when..

–I can’t be happy when..

I’m married to the right person.

the best years of my life are over.

TheHOW of Happiness?

Is It Possible to Become Happier?

How Happy Are You and Why?

How to Find Happiness Activities

That Fit Your Interests, and Your Needs

Committing to Your Goals

Taking Care of Your Body

The Hows Behind Sustainable Happiness

Investing in Social Connection

Positive Thinker

Managing Stress and Trauma

Living in the Present

Why Some People Happier Than Others?

1. Social comparison (how people compare themselves to peers)

2. Reduction (how people justify both trivial and important choices in their

lives)

3. Self-evaluation (how people judge themselves)

4. Person perception (how people think about others)

5. Dwelling (a place where a person live)

What Are the Benefits of Happiness?

1. Greater productivity and higher quality of work

2. More satisfying and longer marriages, more friends, stronger social support,

and richer social interactions

3. More activity, energy, and better physical health

4. LONGER LIFE

ARISTOTLEObserved that no person deliberately chooses to be unhappy.

4 LEVELS OF HAPPINESS • Happiness level 1: Laetus. Happiness

from material objects • Happiness level 2: Felix. Ego gratification. Happiness from comparison: being better, more

admired than others etc.

• Happiness level 3: Beatitudo. The happiness from doing good for others and making the world a

better place.

• Happiness level 4: Sublime Beatitudo. Ultimate, perfect happiness

She is a Psychology professor in University of California? a. Sonja Lyubomerskyb. Sonja Lybomirskyc. Sonja Lyubumirskyd. Sonja Lyubomirsky

It is a mental or emotional state of well-being a. Happyb. Hapinessc. Happinessd. Happier

He observed that no person deliberately chooses to be unhappy. a. Aristotleb. Aristoltec. Arestotled. Aristutle

The happiness from doing good for others and making the world a better place.a. Batitodob. Beatitudoc. Biatitudod. Beatitodo

Ultimate, perfect happinessa. Sublime Beatitudob. Sublime Batitodoc. Sublime Biatitudod. Sublime Beatitodo