11 Emotion interventions

Question 1

Types of psychotherapy:

Answer 1

Psychoanalysis
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Emotion focused therapy.

Question 2

Psychoanalysis

Answer 2

• Focus on conflict and trauma
• Transference: positive emotions expressed towards a new person if they remind you of someone you already like (Berk and Anderson, 2000)

Question 3

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Answer 3

• focus on changing thoughts
• Attribution errors Beck (1976)
• Helps people make external, local, temporary attributions

Question 4

emotion focused therapy

Answer 4

Greenberg (1993)- changing emotion by emotion. Signal concern provide clues about goal structure.

Question 5

Effectiveness of therapy: Smith, Glass and Miller (1975)

Answer 5

Those recieving therapy fare better than 85% of people who dont.

Question 6

Effectiveness of psychoanalysis

Answer 6

Batkam et al (1996) brief psychodynamic therapy as effective as cbt.

Question 7

CBT compared to med

Answer 7

CBT more effective than medication alone, but medication better than placebo.

Question 8

Layard (2006) depression report

Answer 8

• Therapy as effective as drugs in the short term, more effective in the long term
• Short term therapy 50% effective
• relapse for depression greater than anxiety
• CBT= 1 year depression free

Question 9

Problems with therapy

Answer 9

• people dont get help

- often not trained in mental health

Question 10

Long term effects of enhancing happiness

Abel and Kruger (2010)

Answer 10

Smile intensity of basketball players associated with greater longevity

Question 11

Long term effects of enhancing happiness

Danner et al (2001)

Answer 11

nun autobiography positive emotion predicted longevity

Question 12

Long term effects of enhancing happiness

Lui et al., (2015)

Answer 12

unhappiness did not predict longevity when controlled for health factors.

Question 13

EI

Answer 13

Emotional inteligence predicts happiness over and above personality factors (law et al., 2004)
Poeple overestmate how they will feel following an event
EI can be learnt, increases with age- as does happiness.

Question 14

Environmental influences on happiness - Circumstances

Answer 14

marraige, education and religion have small impact. Genetics could account for up to 50%

Question 15

Environmental influences on happiness - income

Answer 15

Myers (2000) .17 correlation for income and happiness. When money is low.
Absolute income less important - rank within social group could influence happiness more (Boyce et al 2010)

Question 16

environmental influences on happiness- spending

Answer 16

Having money inhibits savouring which undermines positive effects on happiness.
Spending on products that match personality increase happiness (Mark et al 2016)

Question 17

Lottery vs limb

Answer 17

Brickman et al (1978)- little difference in happiness.

Question 18

personal strategies for increasing happiness

Sustainable happiness model

Answer 18

Sheldon and Lyubomisky (2007) Changing goals and activities most effective route to enhance happiness- fit needs- provide fresh experiences.

Sheldon and Lyubomisky (2007) found that pps in the change activity group fared better than the change circumstances group

Question 19

Payne and Kensinger (2010)

Answer 19

Good sleep to consolidate emotions - reduce affective tone

Question 20

Mehl (2010)

Answer 20

have substantial conversations

Question 21

Social networks

Answer 21

Kross et al (2013) - facebook can undermine well being in young adults

Question 22

Wood et al 09 - positive self statements

Answer 22

could highlight what perceieve to be lacking.

Question 23

Lane et al (2014) : integrative memory model

Answer 23

Therapeutic change is from integrating new memories into old ones.- Reconsolidation.