Hardwiring Happiness Flashcards
• Negativity bias is good for survival in harsh conditions, it’s lousy for quality of life, fulfilling relationships, personal growth, and long term health. It makes us over learn from bad experiences and under learn form good ones
• While the negativity bias is good for survival in harsh conditions, it’s lousy for quality of life, fulfilling relationships, personal growth, and long-term health. It makes us over-learn from bad experiences and under-learn from good ones
A key aspect of the negativity bias is…
We routinely overestimate…
Negative experiences do what to the brain?
makling it easier to have even more negative experiences in a vicious cyrcle.
• A key aspect of the negativity bias is the special power of fear. We routinely overestimate threats and underestimate opportunities and resources. (1000-1) At the same time, negative experiences sensitize the brain to the negative, making it easier to have even more negative experiences in a vicious circle.
A key aspect of the negativity bias is…
We routinely overestimate…
Negative experiences do what to the brain?
• A key aspect of the negativity bias is the special power of fear. We routinely overestimate threats and underestimate opportunities and resources. (1000-1) At the same time, negative experiences sensitize the brain to the negative, making it easier to have even more negative experiences in a vicious circle.
A key aspect of the negativity bias is…
We routinely overestimate…
Negative experiences do what to the brain?
• A key aspect of the negativity bias is the special power of fear. We routinely overestimate threats and underestimate opportunities and resources. (1000-1) At the same time, negative experiences sensitize the brain to the negative, making it easier to have even more negative experiences in a vicious circle.
In general terms, your avoiding harms system is linked to…
In general terms, your approaching rewards system is linked to …
In general terms, your attaching to others system is linked to …
To summarize, in general terms your avoiding harms system is linked to the brainstem, to the oldest branch of the vagus nerve, to the parasympathetic nervous system, and to the earliest stages of vertebrate evolution involving fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Your approaching rewards system is linked to the subcortex, to the sympathetic nervous system, and to the mammalian stage of evolution. And your attaching to others system is linked to the cortex, to the most recent branch of the vagus nerve, and to the primate and especially human stage of evolution. It’s a little silly, but it helps me to think of my own mind as containing a kind of lizard, mouse, and monkey related to the avoiding, approaching, and attaching systems. We meet our core needs for safety, satisfaction, and connection when we— metaphorically—pet the lizard, feed the mouse, and hug the monkey.
In general terms, your avoiding harms system is linked to…
In general terms, your approaching rewards system is linked to …
In general terms, your attaching to others system is linked to …
To summarize, in general terms your avoiding harms system is linked to the brainstem, to the oldest branch of the vagus nerve, to the parasympathetic nervous system, and to the earliest stages of vertebrate evolution involving fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Your approaching rewards system is linked to the subcortex, to the sympathetic nervous system, and to the mammalian stage of evolution. And your attaching to others system is linked to the cortex, to the most recent branch of the vagus nerve, and to the primate and especially human stage of evolution. It’s a little silly, but it helps me to think of my own mind as containing a kind of lizard, mouse, and monkey related to the avoiding, approaching, and attaching systems. We meet our core needs for safety, satisfaction, and connection when we— metaphorically—pet the lizard, feed the mouse, and hug the monkey.
In general terms, your avoiding harms system is linked to…
In general terms, your approaching rewards system is linked to …
In general terms, your attaching to others system is linked to …
To summarize, in general terms your avoiding harms system is linked to the brainstem, to the oldest branch of the vagus nerve, to the parasympathetic nervous system, and to the earliest stages of vertebrate evolution involving fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Your approaching rewards system is linked to the subcortex, to the sympathetic nervous system, and to the mammalian stage of evolution. And your attaching to others system is linked to the cortex, to the most recent branch of the vagus nerve, and to the primate and especially human stage of evolution. It’s a little silly, but it helps me to think of my own mind as containing a kind of lizard, mouse, and monkey related to the avoiding, approaching, and attaching systems. We meet our core needs for safety, satisfaction, and connection when we— metaphorically—pet the lizard, feed the mouse, and hug the monkey.
