Problem
Illusion of happiness
Other Names:
Illusion of contentment Incidence:
People in the USA are, in 1993, on average four-and-a-half times richer than their great-grandparents. Compared to their parents in 1950, people in the USA in 1993, on average, owned twice and many cars and drive 2.5 times as far each year. In 1987, the number of shopping centres in the USA (32,563) surpassed the number of high schools. Only 6% of Americans earning more than $50,000 a year believe they have achieved the American Dream, compared with 5% of those earning less than $15,000 a year. Broader Problems:
Personal misperceptions Narrower Problems:
Pursuit of affluence Aggravates:
Toxic positivity Reduces:
Unhappiness Reduced By:
Unhealthy anxietyCollapse of belief systems
Strategies:
Creating illusionSeeking happiness Subject(s):
Psychology → Psychology Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
11.02.2022 – 02:20 CET