ENEM 2011 — Questão 93

For an interesting attempt to measure cause and effect try Mappiness, a project run by the London School of Economics, which offers a phone app that prompts you to record your mood and situation³. The Mappiness website says: “We’re particularly interested in how people’s happiness is affected by their local environment¹ — air pollution, noise, green spaces², and so on — which the data from Mappiness will be absolutely great for investigating.” Will it work? With enough people, it might. But there are other problems.⁴ We’ve been using happiness and well-being interchangeably. Is that ok? The difference comes out in a sentiment like: “We were happier during the war.⁵” But was our well-being also greater then?

1. 1“happiness is affected by their local environment” — O objetivo declarado do projeto.
2. 2“air pollution, noise, green spaces” — Exemplos de ambiente local.
3. 3“a phone app that prompts you to record your mood and situation” — Só a ferramenta de coleta (armadilha da C).
4. 4“Will it work? With enough people, it might. But there are other problems.” — Ressalva do jornalista, não tema do projeto (armadilha da B).
5. 5“We were happier during the war.” — Exemplo sobre felicidade × bem-estar (armadilha da A).