Grossmont College Pursuing Happiness Mixed Thoughts Questions and Reflection

Using a collection of resources you gather online, in the college online databases, and those from our course readings, write your own Happiness Hypothesis. Your paper can investigate questions such as:

• What makes people happy?
• How can people be happier?
• What recent changes in today’s society affect people’s happiness?
• What have philosophers and scientists taught us about the nature of happiness?
• What elements of biology, psychology, philosophy and religion need to be considered when investigating the nature of happiness?
• From an evolutionary point of view, what is the role of happiness and unhappiness? Why is it so hard for people to be happy?
• Your paper can also include some personal reflection about your own life and what you have learned about this topic before or during our course this semester.

You are expected to integrate at least five different outside sources into your paper (in addition to our assigned readings, which you are also welcome to cite and discuss). You have begun this research process in Discussion 15. Be sure that your Works Cited page accurately cites all sources references inside your paper.

This paper should be 6-8 pages not including a Works Cited page.