Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The following will explore multiple evolutionary psychological hypotheses, all of \nwhich bear on the nature of human satisfaction. I first address human decision-making \nacross multiple domains of resource competition, hypothesizing that preferences for \ngoods in some domains are not judged according to absolute amounts of resource \nholdings, but rather on how much one has compared to others —a positional bias. \nStudies 1 and 2 will explore the positional bias and how it affects men’s and women’s \ndecision-making behaviors. I will then address one of the human motivational systems \nlikely involved in facilitating behavior that is consistent with the positional bias: the \nemotion of envy. Studies 3, 4, and 5 will explore sex differences in men’s and women’s \nenvy experiences and the role played by envy in social memory. The current studies \npresent new data that provide novel insights into the nature of satisfaction, well-being, \nand important decision-making processes that guide human social behavior in a variety of \ndomains.
Author: Sarah E. Hill
Language: English
Topic: Emotions and Moral Behavior
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1952759882