Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" would predict that people who have received life sentences to prison would ____.
A) tend to show more excitation transfer of emotions as time went on
B) tend to avoid affective forecasting
C) become more and more devastated by their sentencing as time went on
D) be devastated by their sentencing, but return to nearly pre-prison levels of happiness within a few years

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The hedonic treadmill suggests that individuals adapt to their circumstances and will return to their previous levels of happiness. Therefore, despite initially being devastated by their life sentence, those individuals would eventually adapt and return to nearly pre-prison levels of happiness within a few years.

Research on the So-Called "Hedonic Treadmill" Would Predict That People