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A celebrity actress experiences ever-increasing levels of professional acclaim following each successful movie role. Yet with each success, she experiences no more than a temporary surge of subjective well-being. This is best explained in terms ofA. an internal locus of control.B. relative deprivation.C. the do-good, feel-good phenomenon.D. the adaptation-level phenomenon.

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Answer: The correct answer is: Adaptaption-level phenomenon

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Adaptation-level phenomenom can be understood as the tendency that individuals have to quickly adapt to new situations until the new situation becomes the norm. Then, a more exciting situation has to happen in order for people to experience new levels of excitement until the newer situation, becomes the norm, too.

It can be also explained as the tendency that humans have to take things for granted.

In this particular case, a celebrity actress experiences ever-increasing levels of professional acclaim following each succesful movie role. Yet with each success, she experiences no more than a temporary surge of subjective well-being. This is best explained in terms of D. The adaptation-level phenomenon.

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