Country roads, take me home ... to my friends: How intelligence, population density, and friendship affect modern happiness

• Main Authors: LI, Norman P., KANAZAWA, Satoshi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: evolutionary psychology; positive psychology; subjective well-being; population density; friendships; Applied Behavior Analysis; Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1910; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3167/viewcontent/CountryRoads_2016_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We propose the savanna theory of happiness, which suggests that it is not only the current consequences of a given situation but also its ancestral consequences that affect individuals’ life satisfaction and explains why such influences of ancestral consequences might interact with intelligence. We...