Final Flashcards
Core Virtues identified by Positive Psychology
Courage
Justice
Humanity
Temperance
Wisdom
Transcendence
Set point
general level of happiness; genetically influenced, based in part on E and N
Sources of happiness
Circumstances (10%)
Intentional Activity (40%)
Set point (50%)
Happiness
overall life satisfaction
life domain satisfaction
positive emotion vs negative emotion
Angst (existential anxiety)
anguish - choices are never perfect
forlornness - choices are yours alone
despair - inability to change world
Strengths of the heart
fairness, mercy, gratitude, hope, love, religiosity
Strengths of the head
artistic excellence, creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, learning
Emics
aspects of a phenomenon/components of an idea that are specific to a particular culture
Etics
aspects of a phenomenon that all cultures have in common
Yuan
predestined relationship
Renqing
relationship reciprocity
Chemyon
social face
Amae
indulgent dependency
Honor culture
laws/police are weak; people must protect themselves, their families, and their property
high sensitivity to threats to reputation
historic American South; Latin America
Face culture
respect authority; avoid social conflict through hierarchy, humility, and harmony - enforced by authority
Japan, China
Dignity culture
individuals are valuable in their own right, not because of what others think of them
Western cultures; US
Procedural self
behaviours that show who we are based on what we do
Implicit self
self-relevant behavioural patterns that we are not consciously aware of
Relational self
our perceptions and behaviour directed by those who we have important relationships with
Self-schema
all the information we have relevant to our self, including our understanding of our overall traits and abilities
Substantia nigra
part of basal ganglia
helps control movements
influences brain chemistry - production of dopamine
electrical stimulation triggered acute depression in attempt to control Parkinson’s
Capgras syndrome
Injury to right frontal lobe
Patients think all their loved ones have been replaced by strangers
Omnibus inventory
Wide range of traits in one test
Factor analytic method
identify similarities between groups of things; common property is a “factor”
