Sentences with phrase «hedonic experience»

However, recent laboratory studies have shown that hedonic experience is actually intact in people with schizophrenia, calling for new approaches to better understand these motivational deficits.

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In this world, gratitude to the past and obligations to the future are replaced by a near - universal pursuit of immediate gratification: Culture, rather than imparting the wisdom and experience of the past toward the end of cultivating virtues of self - restraint and civility, instead becomes synonymous with hedonic titillation, visceral crudeness, and distraction, all oriented toward promoting a culture of consumption, appetite, and detachment.

It supports the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention (HAP) model, which says consistent positive experiences and keeping a check on «wanting more» can keep us in the upper half of our «set range» of potential happiness.

It is a complex construct, covering both affect and psychological functioning with two distinct perspectives: - the hedonic perspective, which focuses on the subjective experience of happiness and life satisfaction, and the eudaimonic perspective, focusing on psychological functioning and self realisation [3].