Brickman et al. (1978) examined the happiness of a group of lottery winners, as well as that of a group of individuals who had been paralyzed in accidents. What did they find
A)Both groups were about as happy as people who had neither won the lottery nor suffered paralyzing accidents.
B)Both groups were actually happier than people who had neither won the lottery nor suffered paralyzing accidents.
C)Both groups were actually less happy as people who had neither won the lottery nor suffered paralyzing accidents.
D)The lottery winners were happier than people who had not won the lottery; the accident victims were less happy than were control participants.

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Brickman et al. (1978) found that both lottery winners and individuals who had been paralyzed in accidents were about as happy as people who had neither experienced these extreme events. This suggests that people tend to return to a baseline level of happiness regardless of major positive or negative life events.

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