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The evolution of happiness.
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“Why would performing kind acts improve well-being? Why would helping make you happy? Broadly speaking, happiness can be seen as an internal reward system for acting in ways that promote survival and reproduction (Buss, 2000).”
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- Authors
- Buss, D. M.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 15-23
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W4294767963
- Cited by
- 318
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 15.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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