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What is the role of money in determining how happy a person will be?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Your text discusses the value of cooperation and working together to solve the social dilemma of environmental problems. Yet, there are ways to also use competition to improve the environment.
 
  Describe how competition can be used to promote behaviors that would improve the environment.
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Although many people think that more money leads to being a happier person, this isn't necessarily the case. In fact, the main finding is that once people have enough money to provide the necessities, more money does not make them that much happier.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The text discusses a study in which Dutch factory workers were given feedback about how much energy they had conserved, and some workers received feedback comparing their unit to others. Social comparison led these workers to feel as though they could outperform the other unit and conserve more energy.


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