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What is positive psychology?
the scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and at all stops in between
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The relationship between humanistic psychology and positive psychology
is a close one
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the basic premis of positive psychology is
that human goodness and excellence are as authentic as are human flaws and inadequacies
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One of the topics does not belong in a list of pillars of positive psychology
positive potential (scientific study of what goes right in life)
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paradigm shift
is a radical change in a scientific field
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existentialism can be defined as
the doctrine that a person's experience is primary
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Several different research groups have investigated the effects of asking people to stop and relflect on those things for which they are most grateful. the example of this exercise is
three good things
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"my name is and this is my background" is an example of this type of introduction
serious introduction
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know example of a gratitude letter
:)
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One of the solid findings of positive psychology is that an orientation to the _______ of others is in the long run more satisfying than an oriendtation to one's own _______
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Know an example of a gift of time
:)
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"three good things" exercise has been shown to
all of the above
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the behaviors of showing up, not whining or being disruptive are all seen in
"good teammate" exercise
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in "______" exercise, you are invited to design an exercise tailored to your own self. it causes participants to stop and think about what makes a good day.
have a good day
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when someone gives us an object such as a coffee mug or ball point pen we have shown to want to be paid more moeny for selling it back
endowment effect
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when we repeatedly encounter the same pleasure producing stimulus, we experience increasingly less pleasure in a response
adaptation
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when we live on a ______ ______, we continually adapt to imporving circumstances to the point that we always return to a point of relative neutrality
hedonic treadmill
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flow is
a psychological state that accompanies highly engaging activities
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it is adventageous to experince positive emotions because they lead us to engage in activities that add to our cognitive and behavioral repertoires
broaden adn build theory
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the term mood
all of the above
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paul meehl dubbed the ability to experience positive feelings
hedonic capacity
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hedonic capacity is not referred to as
positive affectivity
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according to twin studies, positive affectivity
both is heritable and, therefore, is immutable and is influenced by genetics
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Ben Gordon's thoughts on playing basketball
in the zone
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_______ is very similar to being "in the zone" and it was named by Csikszentmihalyi. he described it as working at full capacity
flow
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stopping and noticing the next time something good occurs is intentional
savoring
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Happiness is what philosophers call a _______, a rationale that requires no further rationale
undgrounded grounder
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The duchenne-ness of a smile- a genuine, full faced expression of happiness indexed by the degree to which the muscles surrounding one's eyes are contracted or crinkled shown in a yearbook- predicted
whether the women were married in middle ages and whether the women were satisfied with their marriages
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the analysis of emotional content of autobiographical essays written by nuns in the American school sisters of notre dame, a US teaching order, revealed that nuns who wrote essays brimming with happiness
lived an average of 10 years longer, reveals that happiness is not just a feeling in a specific moment but an important influence on the future
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The notion of ______, being true to one's inner self (demon) can be traced to Aristotle
Eudaimonia
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In addition to hedonism and eudaimonia, the pursuit of ________ is another route to happiness
engagement
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researchers having participants complete a questionnare describing current feelings is an example of
Experience samling method
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probably the most striking and consistent finding from happiness reseach is that ______ of the people are happy
the majority
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Quantitative index of the degree to which two variables, if graphed, fall along a straight line
correlation coefficient
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one of the following does not belong in a list of evidence in support of the Pollyanna principle
people take longer to recognize what is pleasant and safe than what is unpleasant or threatening
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pervasive positive selectively in thought
pollyanna principle
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optimism
is a mood or attitude associated with an expectation about the social or material future
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dispositional optimism is
the global expectation that good things will be plentiful in the future and bad things scarce
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An individual's explanatory style
all of the above
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optimism and pessimism
all of the above
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little optimism and big optimism
compare showing that little optimism subsumes specific expectations about positive outcomes whereas big optimism refers to larger and less specific expectations
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________ can be defined as determination that goals can be achieved couple with belief that successful plans can be generated to reach goals
hope
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the ______ was created in 2000 to provide the conceptual and empiracal means of describing positive youth development
values in action
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character strengths can be defined as
positive traits; individual differences such as curiosity, kindness, and gratitude
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one statement is not true about character strength
john dewey, in the same period of time, agreed with gordon allport
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strengths of courage
are positive traits entailing the exercise of will accomplish goals in the face of opposition, external or internal
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Strengths of humanity
include kindness, love, and social intelligence
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Forgiveness and mercy; modesty and humility; prudence and self regulation are classified as
strengths of temperance
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Appreciation of beauty and excellence; gratitude; hope; humor; and religiousness and spirituality are classisfied as
strengths of transcendence
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Signature strengths are probably possessed by all people and
all of the above
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