Despite attending many workshops on personal growth and reading self-help books on how to be happier, Mary has never really become happier for any significant length of time. Researchers who study the stability of happiness would suggest that Mary's high degree of stability in happiness across time could be explained in terms of __________.
A) a genetically influenced happiness "set point"
B) unresolved unconscious conflicts
C) genetically determined low self-esteem
D) her failure to identify the hidden root cause of her unhappiness through psychoanalysis

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Researchers who study the stability of happiness suggest that an individual's happiness may be largely determined by a genetically influenced "set point," which can explain Mary's inability to become happier despite her efforts.

Despite Attending Many Workshops on Personal Growth and Reading Self-Help