SOC 357 The Pursuit of Happiness time limit is 40 min there is 10 questions only
Question 11 (0.5 points)
What is American societyâs theory (the popular belief) about success and happiness and why is it incorrect?
Question 11 options:
Society says you must work hard to become successful and happiness will follow. However, studies show that people who are just plain lucky are happier than those who work hard to succeed.
Society says you must work hard to become successful and happiness will follow. However, studies show that happiness comes before success, and in fact, is what motivates success.
Society says you must work hard to become successful and happiness will follow. However, studies show that hard work will make you tired and as a result not as happy as you could be.
Society says that you must be happy before you can be successful. However, studies show that there is no causal relationship between happiness and success.
Society says that you must be happy before you can be successful. However, studies show that people who are happy are less productive than pessimistic people.
SaveQuestion 12 (0.5 points)
All of the following facts about relationships are true, EXCEPT:
Question 12 options:
The U.S. divorce rate is higher than in any industrialized nation
Men are more likely to regret divorce than women
Married women are happier than married men
Married people are happier on average than unmarried people
It is less common for people to get married now than it was 30 years ago
SaveQuestion 13 (0.5 points)
Which of the following is NOT one of the listed reasons why religious people are happier on average?
Question 13 options:
They have a sense of higher power
They see death as the end
They endorse forgiveness
They participate in more social events
They have self-acceptance
SaveQuestion 14 (0.5 points)
Those who suggest that government should be involved in promoting happiness/well-being recommend that the government do all of the following EXCEPT:
Question 14 options:
Promote the welfare of the people
Help create an environment in which people can live happily
Make the well-being of its residents a top priority
Systematically take happiness research into account when enacting legislation and public policy
Dictate one singular path to happiness
SaveQuestion 15 (0.5 points)
What is the goal of the Ben’s Bells Project?
Question 15 options:
Make church bells
Create a happy place for arts and crafts
Promote happiness through song and dance
Establish a not-for-profit children’s home
Promote kindness
SaveQuestion 16 (0.5 points)
According to David Myers (1992)–one of the class readings, religious people report feeling _________.
Question 16 options:
Neither more or less happy
Happier with their family lives but not their work lives
Happier and more satisfied with life overall
Less happy and less satisfied with life overall
Happier with their work lives but not their family lives
SaveQuestion 17 (0.5 points)
What are the three interrelated components of humans discussed in class?
Question 17 options:
Happiness, Physicality, Wisdom
Life, Soul, Emotion
Mind, Body, Spirit
Spirit, Mind, Happiness
Intelligence, Emotion, Body
SaveQuestion 18 (0.5 points)
Which of the following best describes the marketing tactic of “Association”?
Question 18 options:
An individual in unfortunate circumstances is made happy through consumption
Certain groups are depicted as happier than others
The product shapes one’s perspectives of what happiness is
Products are depicted in ways that are designed to generate happiness
The product is used to define happiness to consumers
SaveQuestion 19 (0.5 points)
In the reading “Should Policy-Makers Use Happiness Research?” Bok explicitly addresses, among other things, the philosophical questions raised by:
Question 19 options:
William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch
Alders Huxley’s Brave New World
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Albert Camus’ The Stranger
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
SaveQuestion 20 (0.5 points)
According to Bok (2010) and as discussed in class, what are the three things governments could do to help strengthen families?
Question 20 options:
Free healthcare, education, and low-income housing
Education, discourage out of wedlock pregnancies, and better care for children
Low income housing, decreased taxes, and free childcare
Better care for children, free healthcare, and lower gas prices
Decreased taxes, free healthcare, and education
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