Riley’s subjective well-being increases after she donates money to support a local child-protection agency. Her experience best illustrates

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When evaluating Riley’s reaction to donating to a charitable cause, we look for a pattern where doing something altruistic raises one’s own happiness. 
Option a: the do-good, feel-good phenomenon. This describes exactly the situation: engaging in prosocial behavior (donating) is followed by an increase in subjective well-being (feeling better). The core idea is that helping others can boost one’s mood and overall happiness.
Option b: relative deprivation. This concept focuses on how people compare themselves to others and feel deprived if they perceive others as better off, which would generally not explain a boost in well-being after donating. It would more likely predict decreased satisfaction if one feels they fall short, not an uplift from giving.
Option c: the experience of flow. Flow refers to being fully immersed and absorbed in an activity, often leading to intrinsic motivation and loss of self-consciousness. While flow can happen during certain tasks, it is not the typical framework for explaining a happiness increase following charitable giving.
Option d: the adaptation-level phenomenon. This concept involves baseline shifts in happiness after repeated experiences, where new levels of satisfaction become the norm and require more stimulus to yield the same effect. It would not specifically account for an immediate boost after a charitable act in this context.

Overall, the reasoning aligns with the idea that prosocial acts can produce a feel-good boost, which corresponds to option a.

PSY 200 (003) Fall 2025 Introduction to Psychology (TR, 1:30pm)

Riley’s subjective well-being increases after she donates money to support a local child-protection agency. Her experience best illustrates

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