Chapter 10 Flashcards
How are leaders by their very nature?
Optimistic
Positive
Smile
All of the above
All of the above
All of the studies done by scientists in the field of psychology so far points to what conclusion?
You need to build new habits and use willpower
Smiling is contagious
Happiness is good for you and those around you
All of the above
Happiness is good for you and those around you
What does it mean to raise your set point of happiness?
Feeling positive most of the time
Unbridled bliss
Having intense highs and avoiding all unpleasant emotions
Being a strength-based leader
Feeling positive most of the time
What is the goal of positive psychology?
To ensure you are always happy
To never think about negative thoughts
To help you flourish
To focus on your teams well being
To help you flourish
Who believed and endorsed that we have a fundamental human right to pursue and build happiness?
Seligman
Thomas Jefferson
Aristotle
All of the above
All of the above
Who thought that all human action was to achieve happiness?
Seligman
Thomas Jefferson
Aristotle
All of the above
Aristotle
When and who initiated a tectonic upheaval in psychology called positive psychology?
WW1 - Thomas jefferson
1998 - Seligman
WWII - Aristotle
1976 - Gallup
1998 - Seligman
What were many military personnel of WWII given as a psychiatric diagnosis?
Shell shock
Combat fatigue
Post traumatic shock syndrome
Depression
Combat fatigue
What were many military personnel of WWI given as a psychiatric diagnosis?
Shell shock
Combat fatigue
Post traumatic stress disorder
Depression
Shell shock
How was combat fatigue responded to?
With drugs
With psychology
With counseling and therapy
All of the above
All of the above
What job was the therapist expected to do?
To minimize negative emotion
To make veterans less anxious
To make veterans less depressed
All of the above
All of the above
According to the World Health Organization, what is the most costly disease in the world?
Heart disease
Depression
Diabetes
Obesity
Depression
This focus on treating negative emotion accelerated when what was defined in 1976?
Shell shock
Combat fatigue
Post traumatic stress disorder
Depression
Post traumatic stress disorder
The treatment of negative emotion was applied to how many of the veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? 20% 30% 40% 50%
20%
What did the vast majority of psychologists concentrate on in the twentieth century?
The dark side of humanity
Treating PTSD
Trying to create positive thinking
Treating depression
The dark side of humanity
What was the relief-rate for treating negative emotion? 50% 65% 75% Less than 10%
65%
Who proved to the US Army that it’s possible to turn trauma into growth by showing them the magic of human resiliency?
The Gallup corporation
A small team of Harvard researchers
Seligman and his small select crew of fellow psychologists
Thomas Jefferson
Seligman and his small select crew of fellow psychologists
Since 1998, what has research shown to be particularly beneficial?
Trying to correct people’s weaknesses
Focusing on negative emotion
Being pessimistic
Getting people in touch with their strengths
Getting people in touch with their strengths
Much of your happiness, personally and as a leader, depends on you knowing what and using them?
Positive emotions
Key signature strengths
Natural born talents
Birth rights
Key signature strengths
What puts the strength into strength-based leaders and is the platform as a police leader?
Positive psychology
Positive emotion
Smiling
Being optimistic
Positive psychology
The studies to-date have found that leaders are usually _____ in well-being, optimism, resiliency, and happiness?
Below average
Average
Above average
Mediocre
Above average
To increase recovery, when should people be taught how to recover and restore their well-being?
Before traumatic events
During traumatic events
Both before and during traumatic events
After traumatic events
Both before and during traumatic events
What are the five key elements of PERMA?
Positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accomplishment
Positive achievement, emotions, positive relationships, mentorship, and acknowledgement
Positive relationships, empowerment, recognition, meaning, and achievement
Positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and positive achievement
Positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accomplishment
Where should PERMA be practiced?
Career and financial
Social and community
Physical
All of the above
All of the above
What is the Losada ratio?
Positive versus negative input/feelings
Teaching positivity
Focusing on positive emotions
A ratio of positive psychology
Positive versus negative input/feelings
In an organizational setting, how many positive inputs are needed to recover from one slam? 1 3 5 You can not recover
3
Any less than how many positive inputs results in a feeling of negativity after one slam? 1 3 5 6
3
Who is the guru of good marriage?
Gallup
John Gottman
Seligman
Sonja Lyubomirsky
John Gottman
Some positive psychologists argue that we’re genetically wired for what?
For a given degree of happiness or optimism
Some form of negative emotions
The need for positivity
All of the above
For a given degree of happiness or optimism
Some positive psychologists argue what can be permanently elevated and retained?
The degree of happiness
Your level of optimism
The set-point
Your goals
The set-point
How do some positive psychologists claim you are able to flourish?
With physical exercises
With daily exercises in positivity
By elevating your degree of happiness
All of the above
With daily exercises in positivity
When do you return to your birthright happiness set point?
When you stop with physical exercises
When you stop with daily exercises in positivity
When you stop elevating your degree of happiness
All of the above
When you stop with daily exercises in positivity
Skill x effort is the formula for what?
Achievement
Willpower
Empowerment
Accomplishment
Accomplishment
What is effort? Self-control Will power Time spent on a task Happiness
Time spent on a task
What are the main character qualities of how much time you devote to a task?
a. Self-control
b. Will power
c. Skill
d. Both a and b
d. Both a and b
What has research told us is the real leverage we have for increased achievement?
Increased effort
Increased self-control
Increased skill
Both a and b
Increased effort
The idea that willpower and character are indispensable objects of the science of positive psychology is underpinned by what?
Strength-based leaders are made not born
Effort is no more or no less than how much time you practice the task
The real leverage we have for increased achievement is increased effort
All of the above
All of the above
In pertaining to what research to-date has shown, which statement is true?
Positive emotions protect us from infectious disease and negative ones increase our risk of illness
Happy people are at less risk for death from all causes
Highly optimistic people have a lower risk for developing cancer
All of the above
All of the above
and….
“Optimism promotes cardiovascular health and pessimism lowers it”
It was only 40 years ago that it was first hypothesized that emotion has any connection with immunity and disease. What was it referred to as?
Psychological fitness
Psychosomatic interaction
Overall well being
Positive psychology
Psychosomatic interaction
Which is a reason for hypothesizing that emotion has any connection with immunity and disease?
Optimists take action and have a healthier lifestyle
The biological mechanisms of optimists have a positive response to physical threats
Optimists have more friends and social support
All of the above
All of the above
Who is emotionally rewarded three times more?
The giver
The receiver of the gift
The receiver of the positive stroke
All of the above
The giver
Scientifically, what is contagious?
Emotions
Smiling
Positive psychology
Both a and b
Emotions
According to several reliable studies, what is contagious?
Emotions
Smiling
Positive psychology
Both a and b
Smiling
What is a powerful transmitter of positivity?
Emotions
Smiling
Positive psychology
Both a and b
Smiling
According to the Gallup Organization, what are the five universal domains of well being that differentiate a thriving life from one spent drifting or suffering?
Financial, emotional, career, family, and physical
Career, social, family, physical, and community
Career, social, financial, physical, and community
Emotional, financial, career, physical, and social
Career, social, financial, physical, and community
Which of the five universal domains is the most important?
Community
Social
Financial
Career
Career
Which of the five universal domains is the least important?
Financial
Physical
Community
Social
Community
66% of people are doing well in at least how many of the five universal domains? 1 2 3 All of them
1
7% of people are thriving in how many of the five universal domains? 2 3 4 All of them
All of them