A framework of 10 judgment is presented in this section, drawing primarily on research in social and cognitive psychology. The framework specifies some ways in which people tend to be cognitively active in determining their own well-being. Individuals are thought to apply some or all of a set of judgments, either by specific intention or through routine habit, thus shaping their affective responses to a particulars stimulus from the environment. Each judgment in this framework concerns a reference standard, involving the comparative assessment of an environment input relative to that standard. Happiness does not depend entirely on what happens to you through inputs from the environment; it is also a function of your perceptions of where you have been, where you might be instead, and where you are likely to go. In addition, your experience is modified by assessments of personal salience, novelty, and self-efficacy.