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The Science of Happiness: Factors that bring happiness and how a person can attain it.

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  Positive psychology is the study of what leads to happiness and how can we improve our lives to be happier.  The state of happiness is a rather broad and diverse phenomenon that depends on numerous factors like hereditary predispositions, living conditions, interactions with people, and habits.  Here’s a detailed look at what makes us happy and how we can achieve it:  #1 Understanding Happiness:  Definitions and Dimensions: Subjective well-being is usually described as a person’s positive emotional response from contentment to joy.  It covers feelings of the short-term happiness and overall happiness with life.  Subjective Well-Being: This is a scientific term that refers to how individuals perceive the utility of their lives, and this contains feelings as well as evaluations.  #2 Biological and Genetic Factors: Genetic Predisposition: It was found out that there is evidence that supports the fact that genes are involved in the determination of the set point of happiness.  Research o