Character Strengths

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Karl Menninger

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Character Strengths and Virtues Handbook or CSV Handbook

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Character strengths

Question 4

Character strengths are (blank) across time and situations

Answer 4

stable

Question 5

True or False

Character strengths differ per culture

Answer 5

false

character strengths are somehow universal and present in almost every culture

Question 6

True or False

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

Answer 6

true

Question 7

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

Answer 7

virtues

Question 8

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

Answer 8

situational themes

Question 9

These are psychological processes that define virtues

Answer 9

character strengths

Question 10

True or False

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

Answer 10

False

Most character strengths come out in adverse situations

Question 11

6 virtues

Answer 11

• wisdom
• courage
• humanity
• justice
• temperance
• transcendence

Question 12

5 character strengths under wisdom

Answer 12

• creativity
• curiosity
• judgment
• love of learning
• perspective

Question 13

4 character strengths under courage

Answer 13

• bravery
• perseverance
• honesty
• zest

Question 14

3 character strengths under humanity

Answer 14

• love
• kindness
• social intelligence

Question 15

3 character strengths under justice

Answer 15

• teamwork
• fairness
• leadership

Question 16

4 character strengths under temperance

Answer 16

• forgiveness
• humility
• prudence
• self-regulation

Question 17

5 character strengths under transcendence

Answer 17

• appreciation of beauty and excellence
• gratitude
• hope
• humor
• spirituality

Question 18

This character strength refers to originality, adaptiveness, and ingenuity

Answer 18

creativity

Question 19

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

Answer 19

bravery

Question 20

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

Answer 20

love

Question 21

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

Answer 21

persistence

Question 22

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

Answer 22

open-mindedness

Question 23

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

Answer 23

citizenship

Question 24

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

Answer 24

humility & modesty

Question 25

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

Answer 25

gratitude

Question 26

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

Answer 26

spirituality

Question 27

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

Answer 27

forgiveness & mercy

Question 28

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

Answer 28

appreciation of beauty and excellence

Question 29

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

Answer 29

hope

Question 30

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

Answer 30

prudence

Question 31

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

Answer 31

self-regulation

Question 32

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

Answer 32

humor

Question 33

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

Answer 33

fairness

Question 34

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

Answer 34

leadership

Question 35

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

Answer 35

humanity

Question 36

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

Answer 36

integrity

Question 37

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

Answer 37

love of learning

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Social intelligence

Question 39

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

Answer 39

vitality

Question 40

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

Answer 40

perspective