The savanna theory of happiness

• Main Authors: KANAZAWA, Satoshi, LI, Norman P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Evolutionary psychology; Positive psychology; Add Health; Multicultural Psychology; Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2672; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3929/viewcontent/Savanna_Theory_of_Happiness_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapter describes the savanna theory of happiness, which posits that it may not be only the consequences of a given situation in the current environment that affect individuals’ happiness but also what its consequences would have been in the ancestral environment. The theory further suggests th...