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    This document contains an annotated bibliography for the book "The Happiness Hypothesis" by Jonathan Haidt. It summarizes 5 academic sources and how they relate to topics or conclusions discussed in the book, such as the relationship between orbitofrontal cortex damage and guilt, judging others' status, the role of motherly love, relationship outcomes in arranged vs love-based marriages, and how traumatic life experiences can change one's worldview.

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    Andre WorleySturt

    Professor Sinclair

    LBST 2301

    Oct. 16, 2019

    The Happiness Hypothesis: Annotated Bibliography

    Funayama, Michitaka, et al. “Impairment in Judgement of the Moral Emotion Guilt Following

    Orbitofrontal Cortex Damage.” Journal of Neuropsychology, vol. 13, no. 3, Sept. 2019,

    pp. 550–563. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/jnp.12158.

    This source directly studied brain trauma and diseases affecting the orbitofrontal cortex,

    and how this damage affects a person’s judgement pertaining to control, moral emotion,

    anger, and guilt. This source documents the study of 72 persons (w/ orbitofrontal brain

    disease) and found a consistency that may highlight a correlation between a person’s

    sense of guilt and the orbitofrontal cortex. This finding correlates with a statement made

    in Ch.1 of “The Happiness Hypothesis”, where the author, Jonathan Haidt, describes that

    when a person’s orbitofrontal cortex is damaged, they lose most of their emotional lives.

    Mast, Marianne Schmid, and Judith A. Hall. “Who Is the Boss and Who Is Not? Accuracy of

    Judging Status.” Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, vol. 28, no. 3, Fall 2004, pp. 145–165.

    Academic Search Complete. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1023/B:JONB.0000039647.94190.21.

    This source documents an investigation in which people’s accuracy in judging other

    people’s status (based on behavioral and appearance cues) was tested. This investigation

    found that “people were able to assess status in others”. In Ch. 2 of “The Happiness
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    Hypothesis”, Haidt explains that we judge others by their actions, but selfishly believe

    that we are better than others. While Haidt’s conclusion is certainly truthful, this article I

    found shows one of the purposes to judging others with minimal known information. It

    can be said that coming to a ‘hard’ judgement on someone based on a brief encounter

    would be inappropriate, but coming to ‘soft’ judgements is necessary in the fast-paced

    world that we live in.

    Patihis, Lawrence, et al. “Black American College Students Report Higher Memory of Love for

    Mothers in Childhood Than White Students.” Psychological Reports, vol. 122, no. 3,

    June 2019, pp. 880–898. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOhost,

    doi:10.1177/0033294118772549.

    This article studied Black and White college students and found that Black students

    reported stronger feelings of love toward their mother’s than White students. This

    finding ties into Haidt’s conclusion, in Ch. 6, that the love between a mother and her

    child acts as a secure base from which the child will explore out from. If Black students

    felt more love toward their mothers in childhood, it could be inferred that they had a

    stronger base and would ultimately be able to explore further out into the world.

    However, it is also possible that the difference in love between Blacks and Whites is

    inconsequential in determining how far a child will explore, and that is isn’t important

    how strong the love base is, but that there is a strong love base.

    Regan, Pamela C., et al. “Relationship Outcomes in Indian-American Love-Based and Arranged

    Marriages.” Psychological Reports, vol. 110, no. 3, June 2012, pp. 915–924. Academic

    Search Complete. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2466/21.02.07.PR0.110.3.915-924.


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    This article looked at the differences between love-based and arranged marriages. This

    article documented a study involving 28 arranged marriages and 30 love-based marriages,

    and found high ratings of love, satisfaction, and commitment amongst both groups. This

    study also found that men reported greater amounts of passionate love and companionate

    love than women. This article pertains to Ch. 6 of “The Happiness Hypothesis” because

    it identifies happiness within a marriage as an outcome of balanced passionate and

    companionate love.

    Skalski, Jon E., and Sam A. Hardy. “Disintegration, New Consciousness, and Discontinuous

    Transformation: A Qualitative Investigation of Quantum Change.” Humanistic

    Psychologist, vol. 41, no. 2, Apr. 2013, pp. 159–177. Academic Search Complete.

    EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/08873267.2012.724271.

    This article studied how traumatic life experiences change a person’s view of the world.

    After a traumatic experience, (such as: divorce, physical illness, financial pressure,

    academic pressure, insecurities, etc.) a person’s view of the world often completely

    changes; “it is as though what was once only a world of trees is suddenly perceived as a

    forest and part of a larger landscape.” This article pertains to a quote from “The

    Happiness Hypothesis” which states “epiphanies can be life altering, but most fade in

    days or weeks”. It can be inferred that if a person receives a sudden or random epiphany,

    then it will most likely fade, but if an epiphany is brought on by severe stress, then it will

    most likely persist.

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