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Character Strengths Flashcards

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This person encouraged clinicians and researchers to do away with confusing labels of sickness and to focus more on life process rather than disordered states or condition

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Karl Menninger

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The handbook developed by Peterson and Seligman to complement DSM and ICD

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Character Strengths and Virtues Handbook or CSV Handbook

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These are innate capabilities that allow us to overcome our thought blocks and encounter adversities with more positivity

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Character strengths

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Character strengths are (blank) across time and situations

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stable

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True or False

Character strengths differ per culture

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false

character strengths are somehow universal and present in almost every culture

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True or False

Culture provide role models that possess a certain character strength so other people can recognize its worth

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true

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These are behaviors showing high moral standards and are qualities considered morally good or desirable in a person

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virtues

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These are habits that manifest one’s virtues and character strengths

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situational themes

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These are psychological processes that define virtues

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character strengths

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True or False

Character strengths cannot be a result of adverse situations due to the latter’s negative impact

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False

Most character strengths come out in adverse situations

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6 virtues

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  • wisdom
  • courage
  • humanity
  • justice
  • temperance
  • transcendence
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5 character strengths under wisdom

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  • creativity
  • curiosity
  • judgment
  • love of learning
  • perspective
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4 character strengths under courage

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  • bravery
  • perseverance
  • honesty
  • zest
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3 character strengths under humanity

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  • love
  • kindness
  • social intelligence
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3 character strengths under justice

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  • teamwork
  • fairness
  • leadership
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4 character strengths under temperance

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  • forgiveness
  • humility
  • prudence
  • self-regulation
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5 character strengths under transcendence

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  • appreciation of beauty and excellence
  • gratitude
  • hope
  • humor
  • spirituality
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This character strength refers to originality, adaptiveness, and ingenuity

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creativity

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This character strength refers to valor, speaking up for what’s right, not shrinking from fear

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This character strength refers to valuing relations with others, especially those in which sharing and caring are reciprocated

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This character strength refers to finishing what one starts in spite of obstacles

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persistence

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This character strength refers to thinking things through and weighing all evidence fairly

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open-mindedness

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This character strength refers to working well as a member of a group or team and being loyal to the group

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citizenship

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This character strength refers to letting one’s accomplishments speak for themselves

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humility & modesty

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This character strength refers to being aware of and thankful for the good things that happened and taking time to express thanks

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This character strength refers to having coherent beliefs about a higher purpose, meaning of life and of the universe

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spirituality

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This character strength refers to forgiving those have done wrong, accepting the shortcoming of others, and not giving people a second chance

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forgiveness & mercy

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This character strength refers to appreciate skilled performance in various domains of life

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appreciation of beauty and excellence

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This character strength refers to expecting the best in the future and working to achieve it

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This character strength refers to being careful about one’s choice and not taking any undue risks

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This character strength refers to regulating what one feels and does by being disciplined and controlling one’s appetite and emotions

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self-regulation

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This character strength refers to bringing smiles and laughs to other people and seeing the light scene

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This character strength refers to treating all people to do the same

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This character strength refers to encouraging a group to get things done

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leadership

35
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This character strength refers to doing favors and good deeds for others

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This character strength refers to presenting one’s self in a genuine way

37
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This character strength refers to mastering new skills, concepts, and bodies of knowledge

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love of learning

38
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This character strength refers to being aware of the motives and feelings of others around you

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Social intelligence

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This character strength refers to approaching life with vitality and feeling alive and activated

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This character strength refers to being able to provide wise counsel to others and having ways of looking at the world

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perspective

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