Liz chooses activities that give her pleasure.However,she regularly submits to painful allergy shots.How does the hedonic principle BEST explain this apparent contradiction?
A)The pleasure of receiving relief from allergies outweighs the pain of having the shots.
B)Liz has built up a tolerance to the injections and no longer feels the pain.
C)The pain of the injections outweighs the pleasure of receiving relief from allergies.
D)The pain from the injection provides useful information about the quality of Liz's day.

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The hedonic principle states that people will choose activities that give them pleasure and avoid activities that cause them pain. However, in the case of Liz, the pleasure she gets from receiving relief from her allergies outweighs the pain of having the shots. Therefore, she chooses to submit to the painful allergy shots regularly because the pleasure of being allergy-free is greater than the temporary pain from the injections.

Liz Chooses Activities That Give Her Pleasure