Exam 2 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6) Flashcards
what were the 3 missions of psych before WWII?
understanding and curing mental disorders, enhancing productivity and sense of fulfillment, identifying talent and reaching potential
what was the main shift of psych after WWII?
shift to “what’s wrong”, individuals are passive beings who learning through operant conditioning; Walden two (1948)
What was the beginning of positive psych?
Martin Seligman proposed a shift towards studying and trying to build the best in life
Research of Social Psych?
Milgrim Obedience Study, Stanford Prison Experiment, Line Judging Experiment
DSM or Disease Model
diagnosis and labeling of problems, comes from the desire to be useful and gain status/respect
Who studied consciousness?
Wundt, Titcher, and James
Who studied behaviorism?
Watson, Skinner, and Pavlov
Strength’s Model
what’s right, identifying individual strengths
What is negativity bias?
deals with rumination, the idea that negative events and emotions hold more weight
What are the dimensions of positive psych?
subjective level, individual level, and society level
What is subjective level?
positive emotions and optimism
What is individual level?
character strengths
What is society level?
healthy families and institutions
What does the death bed test determine?
what Is truly important in life
what constitutes the good life?
connections with others, positive individual traits, and life regulation qualities (autonomy and self control)
The “lens”
how we view events and situations
what are the classifications of mental health?
flourishing, struggling, floundering, and languishing
what is flourishing?
high wellbeing and low mental illness
what is struggling?
high wellbeing and high mental illness
what is floundering?
low wellbeing and high mental illness
what is languishing?
low wellbeing and low mental illness
PANAS
Positive versus negative effects of emotion
components of wellbeing?
PERMA; includes self acceptance, growth, purpose, environmental mastery, autonomy, and positive relations
PERMA
engagement, relationships, positive emotions, vitality, meaning, and achievement
components of social wellbeing?
social acceptance, social actualization, social contribution, social coherence, and social integration
Seligman’s Positive Psych Agenda
Authentic happiness theory, well-being theory
What is the Authentic Happiness Theory?
life satisfaction increases (headonic)
What is the Well-being Theory?
increasing flourishing through positive emotions, engagement, meaning, relationships, and accomplishments (eudaemonic)
Hedonic
pleasure through experiences
Eudaemonic
holistic; finding purpose and meaning in life
basic emotions are seen through?
universal facial expressions which are carried out unconsciously
relationship between positive and negative emotions?
both are independent of the other
Plutchick’s Circumplex Model
activation (aroused), pleasant (positive), deactivation (not aroused), unpleasant (negative)
Basic emotions are a combination of?
biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural influences
which cortex is associated with happiness?
left prefrontal cortex
which cortex is partially associated with addiction?
prefrontal cortex
dopamine
reward chemical
oxytocin
love chemical
serotonin
mood stabilizer (ie exercise)
endorphin
pain killer (ie laughter)
what is neuroplasticity?
growth of the brain and the increase of gray matter in the brain after learning music and meditation
What is the Leminscate of Attention Meditation as Problem Solving?
focused attention versus open attention
what determines an individuals happiness baseline?
inheritance/genes
RAIN
recognition, attention, investigation (cognitions and emotions), and non-identification
ABCDE (Seligman’s Learned Behavior)
adversity, beliefs, consequences, deputations, and energizations
what are the components of emotion?
cognition and behavior
what is extrinsic motivation?
engaging in an activity for an external reward
what is introjection?
slight extrinsic, deals with the ego
what is amotivation?
lack of perceived competence and value
what is intrinsic motivation?
engaging in an activity for personal reward/satisfaction
what is integration?
a form of intrinsic motivation, consistency in identification
Approach vs avoidance: What is approach?
playing to win
Approach vs avoidance: What is avoidance?
playing not to lose or to prevent the worse (harder to achieve due to low self esteem)
What is the self discrepancy theory?
selves (actual, ideal, ought) and discrepancies (the distance from goals resulting in tension and negative affects)
what is cognitive dissonance resolution?
discrepancy between two or more attitudes and behaviors; to resolve one must change attitude and behavior
what is a matched goal?
match and fulfill individual needs and values
What is the Hope Theory?
people who are hopeful feel more positive emotions “will power” and “way power”
what is affective forecasting?
predicting how it will feel after reaching a goal (impact bias due because ideals are not accurate/realistic)
what is beginner’s mind?
avoiding prejudgement and being present in the moment
What is the Broaden and Build Theory?
start with positive emotions –> broaden novel thoughts and activities –> social support, resilience, skills, and knowledge –> ends with enhanced health, survival, and fulfillment
Emotional Intelligence: What is the four branch model?
intrapersonal and interpersonal; perceiving emotions, facilitating thoughts with emotions, understanding emotions, and hanging emotions
Emotional Intelligence: what is Emotional Regulation?
control of negative emotions, resist “fight or flight”