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What does psychoanaylsis emphasize?

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emphasized the unconscious conflicts in determining behavior and personality

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What is Behaviorism

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focus on observable behaviors that can be measured and verified.

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What is the goal of behaviorism

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discover the fundamental princples of learning

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What is existential Theory

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every human is responsible for discovering their own meaning and identity

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What is humanisitic psychology

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ea. persons unique potential for psychological growth and self direction.

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what is important to psychological growth according to humanistic psychology?

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free will, self-determination, and choice

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fully functioning person according to humanisitc perspective?

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someone who is continually moving toward self-actualization

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What was the focus of the disease model?

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curing mental and personality disorders. strength and talents were disregarded

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difference between humanistic and positive psych

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Humanistic psychology focuses more on individual uniqueness, whereas positive
psychology focuses more on general trends.
◦ humanistic psychology (qualitative) : What brought you here today? : therapy
counseling
◦ positive psychology (quantitative): how do we measure happiness? questionnaire,
exercises.

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“father of positive psychology

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Martin Seligman

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Flourishing

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High on well-being and low on mental illness are flourishing

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Struggling

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high well being and high on mental illness

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floundering

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low well being, high mental illness

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Languishing

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low well being and low mental illness

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are positive and negatve affects on the same continuum?

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are not on the same continuum

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does absence of mental illness imply mental health

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no

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a common positive psych question

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what is right about people?

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who started flow state

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czikzentmihalyi

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what is emotion?

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subjective feelings and characteristic patterns of psychological arousal from thoughts and behaviors

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are emotions short or long lived?

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short

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what is a mood?

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less intense and slower to change than emotions

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what do emotions involve?

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physiology, thoughts, subjective feelings, motivation, expressions, and behavior

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what is affectivity?

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extent to which individual experiences positive negative moods

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what is affective style?

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individual differences on how someone reacts and regulates their emotions

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are negative emotions necessary
yes, for healthy functioning
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what is broadening effect?
positive emotion is experienced, the mind opens up to new solutions and creativity
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what is the building effect?
ability to build personal resources using our positive emotions.
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what is undoing effect?
positive emotions can undo the negative effects caused by negative emotions
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abnormal behavior due to what ? (prehistoric)
supernatural powers
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abnormal behavior due to what in the middle ages?
demonic Possession
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what is emerging adulthood
late teens to 30s
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which age group is happiest of all?
older persons
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what is a flow state?
a state in which action follows upon action. When doing a challenging activity that requires skill
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what are the 8 parameters of the state of flow?
merging of action and awareness, complete concentration on task, no worry about losing control, loss of self-consciousness, time passes in unordinary way, autotelic
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does flow increase well being and how?
yes, because of the 8 parameters
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what is autotelic?
the experience of flow becomes its own reward
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feelings of gratitude stem from what two stages?
1. affirming good things in ones life 2. recognition that the goodness is partially outside the self
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what is dispositional gratitude?
general positive affect
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gratitude exercises cause what effects?
alertness, attentiveness, energy, optimism, and positivity
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What is subjective well being
individuals own judgement about the quality of his or her life. Average emotions over time and ones opinion of it
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what is affective well being
feelings of joy and pleasure
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what is eudaimonic well being
sense of meaning and purpose in life
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what is happiness the combination of?
subjective well being and positive affect
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SWB and health?
longevity, less sick, healthier habits, heal faster
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who scores on average higher on well being?
Norway and the USA
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What is the easterlin paradox?
when income multiplies, there is no increase in life satisfaction
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are religious people happier in places where government sources are poor?
yes, and in countries with good government services, people are less religious, so happiness is not correlated with religion
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what affect does social involvement have on happiness?
volunteering and social involvement increases happiness
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according to segmann what three things do we need to be happy in life?
meaning, strength, and pleasure
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what is the hedonic treadmill?
constantly chasing happiness only to find what you were chasing didn't give you happiness and so then you chase the next thing endlessly
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what is authentic happiness?
eudaimonic happiness
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what is hedonic happiness?
pure pleasure and the avoidance of pain
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is too much happiness bad?
We adapt to our level of happiness and so what was once enough no longer is. The more we accumulate the more we want. Can make us lonely, gullible, selfish. So there is such a thing as too much happiness
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what is seligmans happiness formula?
H= S+C+V
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What does each letter mean on seligmans happiness formula?
H= enduring (Actual) happiness S= set range of happiness (genetics) C= external life circumstances (environment) V=things we can control
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what is eudaimonia
sense of purpose, meaning, authenticity and personal growth. "flourishing" - living well over simply feeling goof
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what is PERMA?
MEASURE for indicating if someone is flourishing. P=positive emotion E=Engagement R=Relationships M= meaning A= accomplishments
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what is emodiversity?
the wellbeing resulting from people acknoledging both their positive and negative emotions
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What is Sternberg triangle love theory?
1. intimacy 2. passion 3. commitment 4. Intimacy+passion+commitment = covenant love
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what is liking according to sternberg?
feel a connection, friendship, or bond with someone. Intimacy
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what is infatuation according to sternberg?
"love at first sight" , fleeting, passion
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what is empty love acc. to sternberg?
When only commitment remains, but intimacy and passion are no longer there
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What is companionate love according to sternberg?
when intimacy and commitment exists, but the passion is gone. Found in long term marriages. Stronger than friendship
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What is romantic love according to sternberg?
When there is passion and intimacy, but no commitment.
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What is fatuous love according to sternberg?
when passion and commitment remain. Relationship is not stabilized by intimacy. Whirlwind romance and wedding.
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What is consummate love according to sternberg?
complete form of love, representing the ideal relationship. passion + intimacy + commitment
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what is sternbergs theory missing?
culture, different types of love (familial), and modernized gender roles
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what is the quadruple framework?
attraction, connection, trust, and respect
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are postive and negative emotions relatively independent?
yes
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what is emotional intelligence (EI)?
Ability to perceive, appraise, and express emotion accurately and adaptively. regulate emotions in oneself and others.
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what is the EI model?
1. perceive emotions, 2. use emotions 3. understand emotions 4. manage emotions
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what is dispositional optimism?
personality trait relating to generalized outcome expectancies . two parts :expectancy and confidence.
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Pessimists explain negative events as:
internal, global, and stable
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optimist explain negative events as:
external,
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optimism and cancer
those who had optimistic traits had higher wellbeing after cancer diagnosis
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what is locus of control?
belief in how you control the outcomes in your life. (internal and external)
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is optimism always a good thing?
its important to be balanced to avoid delusion
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what is defensive pessimism
plan for worst case scenario of a Situation to be prepared for any mishap. "prepare for the worst , hope for the best"
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what is hope?
the determination to achieve goals and a belief that many pathways can be generated
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what is resilience?
pattern of positive adaptation in the face of significant adversity or risk. "bounce back"
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are we born with resilience?
no, we are trained to be resilient
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what needs to be present for resilience?
risk
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what is the kauai longitudinal study?
understand resiliency in children up into adulthood. misfortune had no indication for whether or not the children would group up to be healthy adults. most children recovered from behavioral issues in adulthood.
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what is coping?
cognitive and behavioral strategies to handle and manage stressful events or negative psychological and physical outcomes
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what is compassion?
sensitivity to the experience of suffering with a deep desire to alleviate that suffering
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what is compassion not?
it is not co suffering.
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What is self compassion
compassion directed inward
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what is empathy?
is to understand why someone feels the way they do without feeling what they are feeling.
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what is sympathy?
is to share in what someone feels, so if they cry, you cry.
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what is necessary for post traumatic growth
trauma
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what is post traumatic growth
operate at higher levels of functioning. A growth, thriving, and psychological growth resulting from trauma

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