The acquisition of beliefs that promote subjective well-being.

From: Journal of Instructional Psychology | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: Hosen, Ron; Solovey-Hosen, Dina; Stern, Louis | Copyright information

Adaptive human learning involves self-instruction and individually determined self-education. When human learning is restricted to the most viable options in the process of belief acquisition, subjective well-being is likely to be promoted. Useful learning is imparted through the right kind of socialization, formal education, informal and incidental learning, and psychotherapy. In each domain the function of external instruction is to foreclose dysfunctional options. This clears th...

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