hedonic treadmill

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf psychological theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs hedonic adaptation
gptkbp:appliesTo negative events
positive events
gptkbp:citation psychological literature
gptkbp:contrastsWith sustainable happiness theory
gptkbp:describes tendency of humans to return to a baseline level of happiness
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1971
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label hedonic treadmill
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Donald_T._Campbell
Philip Brickman
long-term life events have limited impact on happiness
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:adaptation
happiness
well-being
gptkbp:studiedIn positive psychology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pleasure
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6