hedonic

The study of the hedonic consumption as an academic field first began in the late 1970s.

The hedonic (or happiness) set point is a recently developed theory that requires further research.

There are several ways the hedonic price indexes can be constructed.

The focus of positive psychology is to determine how to maintain or raise the hedonic set point.

The Hedonic pricing method is often brought into play in order to assess the economic values of such services.

An example of a rebound explanation is the hedonic treadmill model.

Hedonic consumption was first introduced as an alternative to the traditional consumer behavior model by in the early 1980s.

Guilt also has a tendency to be associated with hedonic purchases.

An individual can be ego involved in a certain attitude that has no hedonic consequence.

Psychologists have concluded that there seems to be a set hedonic level of happiness.

Individuals with high positive affect in response to use are more likely to seek out substances for hedonic reasons.

Hedonic damages also can apply in cases that involve no injury.

Both theorists explain a person's arousal potential in terms of his or her hedonic tone.

Much of this research uses a wage hedonic approach, which looks at how wages change with changes in job characteristics.

Hedonic damages are not allowed in death cases in the great majority of the states.

Hedonic regression describes how product price could be explained by the product's characteristics.

These results further speak to why music can be effectively used in rituals, marketing or film to manipulate hedonic states.

"Our analysis indicates that Americans are on a hedonic treadmill for most of their working lives," the authors write.

In addition, researchers found that some individuals do experience substantial changes to their hedonic set point over time, though most others do not.

Hedonic damages attempt to compensate for that suffering with settlements.

This has been referred to as a hedonic treadmill.

Hedonic benefits are associated with the sensory and experiential attributes of the product.

This presents a positive hedonic impact by giving the subject something enjoyable to bribe them to change.

Hedonic adaptation means that actual long-term suffering due to physical illness is often much lower than expected.

Our hedonic scale of 1 to 9 says you either like it extremely or dislike it.