Week 6: Does saving the planet make you happy - college Flashcards
What 4 things does materialism consist of?
(1) Wealth
(2) Image
(3) Power
(4) Status
Explain how materialism hinders well-being using the circumflex model
(1) attaining a cluster of goals goes at the expense of other goals
What are significant moderators in the negative relationship between materialism and happiness? (4)
(1) Being young
(2) Being female from nation with less economic inequality
(3) slower national eoconomic growth
(4) people who place high importance on pleasure and an exciting life
How is materialism negatively associated with well-being, use goal-attainment hypothesis (2)
(1) There are always people more successful than you, thus aspiring the goal of becoming the best and richest is impossible
(2) Because it is impossible people will never be happy
How is materialism negatively associated with well-being, use spill-over hypothesis
If people are so unhappy because of social comparison that will spill over to other life domains
How is materialism negatively associated with well-being, use environmental congruence hypothesis (2)
(1) Being in an environment that does not fit with your values makes you unhappy
(2) Psychology students more unhappy with materialistic values than when they were business students
How is materialism negatively associated with well-being, use need-based hypothesis
(1) Pursuing materialistic goals you are less likely to have experiences that satisfy your needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness)
Is materialism bad for others? (4)
(1) Materialism is associated with attitudes and behaviors that undermine others wellbeing
(2) priming money leads to more selfish behaviors in community game dilemmas
(3) materialistic aims are in opposition to important values such as caring for others and community
(4) nations focused on materialistic values have less happy children
Is materialism bad for the planet (3)?
(1) Materialism is in opposition to value nature
(2) materialism is negatively associated with pro-environmental behavior
(3) Nations focused more on wealth and status contributed more to climate disruption
Name 3 ways how to decrease materialism?
(1) Tackle ingestion of advertising
(2) value-based interventions
(3) promotion of inward reflection
Why does listening to the song knocking on heavens door make you more materialistic unless you reflect deep on it? (2)
(1) If you are briefly reminded of you own death that increases materialism (FOMO)
(2) If you reflect deeply on you life because death is near, what have you achieved in your live and what do you still want to do?
How can pro-environmental behavior both foster and thwart well-being? (2)
(1) It can decrease hedonic well-being as it can be difficult you have to consume less and so on
(2) it can increase eudaemonic well-being
What are 2 conditions to perceive improved eudaemonic well-being when having a pro-environmental experience?
(1) intrisic, autonomous motivation and deliberate choice to behave pro-environmental
(2) if people are convinced that acting pro-environmental is the right thing to do
Name 3 ways how we can help people to act more sustainable / pro-environmental/
(1) Shift focus from buying and owning to personal growth and meannig
(2) don’t force people
(3) convince people that pro-environmental behavior is right and meaningfull
Why are the youth often inactive in pro-environmental bevahiors?
(1) They are hopeless, pessimistic and feel helpless, resulting in inactiveness
