Given what you know about Diener's research on the relationship between wealth and satisfaction, which of the following represents the correct order of countries ranked from least to most happy?
A)United States, Mexico, Ethiopia
B)Mexico, United States, Ethiopia
C)Ethiopia, Mexico, United States
D)Ethiopia, United States, Mexico

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Diener's research found that happiness is not strongly correlated with wealth, and that individuals in poorer countries can still report high levels of life satisfaction. Ethiopia, being a poorer country, could therefore be ranked the most happy out of the three options. The United States, being a richer country, might be ranked the least happy out of the three options. Therefore, based on the given options, Choice C (Ethiopia, Mexico, United States) is the best choice as it follows the pattern of the richer country being less happy and the poorer country being more happy.

Given What You Know About Diener's Research on the Relationship