concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: hedonic treadmill

emotion
type: Concept
narrower: hedonic treadmill

hedonic treadmill
type: Concept
broader: emotion
definition: It is widely assumed that material circumstances strongly affect human happiness. However, as the example of the “poor little rich girl” suggests, objective outcomes and happiness are not perfectly correlated. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Hedonic Treadmill]