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Positive psychology

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A social and intellectual movement within the discipline of psychology that focuses on human strengths and how people can flourish and be successful

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3 legs of positive psychology

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  • positive subjective experiences
  • positive individual traits
  • positive institutions
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Positive subjective experiences

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Positive but private feelings and thoughts people have about themselves and events

Moods are bigger than emotions

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Undoing hypothesis

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Positive emotions aid the mind and body by recovering a sense of balance and flexibility following an episode experiencing negative emotion

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Flow

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Loosing track of time while engaged in an activity

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Mindfulness

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People are sensitive to context and focused in the present

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Mindlessness

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Engaging in rote behavior

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Positive individual traits

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Qualities that account for why some people are happier and psychologically healthier than others

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Grit-

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Possessing perseverance and passion for achieving long-term goals

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Positive institutions

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Organizations that cultivate civic virtues, encouraging people to behave like good citizens while promoting the collective good

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Hedonia

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Happiness as pleasure

Activities we enjoy

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Eudaimonia

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Happiness of personal fulfillment

Personal fulfillment

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Qualities of life satisfaction

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Positive affect

Engagement

Meaning

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When mindful we:

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Resist the impulse to control uncertainty

Are less prone to evaluate ourselves

Are in a more flexible state of mind

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We can become mindful by:

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Meditating

Experiencing

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Flow

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State of being where in a person becomes fully involved and engage in the present time by some interesting, challenging and rewarding activity

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When in flow people become

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Less self-aware and loose track of time

Focus all energy and attention on an activity where skill and challenge are in balance

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We find flow when

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When engaged in activities that have the ideal balance of challenge and skill level

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Moods

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Global, pervasive responses to experiences

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Benefits of being in a good mood

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More agreeable

More helpful

Better at decision making

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Good mood effect on thought

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Faster thinking

Variety of thoughts

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Positive individual traits

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Refers to the dispositional traits that account for why some people are happier and psychologically healthier

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Four positive individual traits

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Hope

Resilience

Gratitude

Spirituality

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Hope

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Peoples expectations that their goals can be achieved in the future

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2 components of hope
Agency | Pathways
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Agency
Judgement that the goal can be achieved
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Pathways of hope
Realistic roadmap to the goal
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Trait hope scale
Assessed and indicates a persons degree of hope
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Benefits of being hopeful
Experience more positive emotions Expect to be better off in the future Believe they will handle stress better More likely to be flexible thinkers More likely to have social support
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Resilience
People’s ability to recover and often prosper following some consequential life event
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Post traumatic growth
Enhanced personal strength following trauma
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Gratitude
Entails recognizing and concentrating on the good things in ones life being thankful for them
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Benefits of gratitude
Enhanced social connections with others Extended positive affect Feelings of joy and contentment
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Spirituality
Human need for a deeper truth or meaning
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Religion
Activity in organized communities
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Benefits of religion
Have higher levels of optimism Enjoy benefits of social support from religious community
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Capitalizing
Telling other people about good things happening in our lives
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Spirit of MI
Collaboration Evocation Autonomy
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Stages of change
``` Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Relapse ```
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Conditions for change
See a need for change Benefits of change outweighs the costs They develop a plan to change Take action to make and sustain a change
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Principle of MI
Express empathy Develop discrepancy Roll with resistance Support self efficacy
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MI OARS
open ended questions Affirmations Reflective listening Summaries
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MI DARN
Preparatory change talk Desire to change Ability to change Reasons to change Need to change
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MI CATS
mobilizing change talk Commitment Activating Taking steps
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Personality
An individuals unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits
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Personality trait
Durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations
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Big five personality traits
``` Extraversion Neuroticism Openness to experience Agreeableness Conscientiousness ```
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Id
Instinctive component pleasure principle
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Ego
Decisions making component Personality
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Superego
Moral component Right and wrong
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Defense mechanisms
Largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from painful emotions such as anxiety and guilt
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Humanism
Emphasizes unique qualities of humans free will and potential for growth
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Humanism based on
We have innate drive toward personal growth Exercise free will over actions Rational beings driven by conscious needs
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Maslows hierarchy of needs
``` Physiological Safety and security Belongingness Esteem Cognitive Aesthetic Self actualization ```
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Two main types of personality tests
Self report inventories Projective tests
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Self-Report inventories
Personality scale that asks ppl to answer a series of questions about their characteristic behavior Responses can be inaccurate
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Projective tests
Ppl respond to ambiguous stimuli in ways that may reveal aspects of their personalities Reliability and validity are lower
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Reliability
Measurement consistency of test
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Validity
Ability of test to measure what is is supposed to measure
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Holland code
RIASEC ``` Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional ```
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Holland code R
Realistic/doers Independent, stable, prefer things rather than ppl Architect, carpenter, chemist
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Holland code I
Investigative/thinkers Intellectual, curious, rational, like to solve problems Lawyers, counselor, psychology
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Holland code: A
Artistic Creative, intuitive, prefer abstract Architect, psychology, arts
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Holland code S
Social/helpers Kind, generous, patient, helping Social work, librarian, customer service
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Holland code E
Enterprising/persuaders Adventurous, ambitious, extroverted, energetic Business, entrepreneur, finance
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Holland code C
Conventional/organizer Conscientious, conservative, logical, accuracy Pharmacist, accounting

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