Introduction to Positive Psychology

Question 1

It is the ability to choose our response.

Answer 1

Response Ability

Question 2

It refers to creative empowerment.

Answer 2

Response Ability/Self-Authorship

Question 3

Characteristics of Happy People:

Answer 3

• More Healthy
• More Creative
• More Productive
• Live Longer
• Have Happier Marriages

Question 4

Basic Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky:

Answer 4

• 50%= Genetics
• 10%= Environment
• 40%= Intentional Actions and Behaviors

Question 5

How do we get happiness?

Answer 5

• Half seems to be inherited.
• Half seems to be developed.

Question 6

________ and health are not related.

Answer 6

Money

Question 7

It is good for primitive thinking.

Answer 7

Reptile Brain

Question 8

It is what the reptile brain do under stress:

Answer 8

• Fight -Confront
• Flight -Avoid
• Freeze-Standby

Question 9

It is good for emotions.

Answer 9

Mammal Brain

Question 10

The three instinctive responses of mammal brain.

Answer 10

• Fight -Emotions of Anger
• Flight -Emotions of Fear
• Freeze-Emotions of Depression

Question 11

It is good for Insight, Cooperation, Inventing,
and Leaps of Intelligence.

Answer 11

Human Brain

Question 12

What are the three types of brains?

Answer 12

Reptile (Lizard), Mammal (Monkey), Human (Angel)

Question 13

It is the nature’s switch.

Answer 13

Amygdala

Question 14

He scanned the brains of normal & depressed
people when angry.

Answer 14

Dr. Darin Dougherty

Question 15

Normal people used their ______________
to control anger, while depressed patients
could not control theirs & were shown to be
destructive.

Answer 15

Left Frontal Lobe

Question 16

It refers to the process where the brain grows new cells all the time.

Answer 16

Neurogenesis

Question 17

Let your mind find something good about
the bad. Ponder the good in the bad.

Answer 17

Reframing

Question 18

Quiet the brain-focus clearly on the feeling
of breathing and your heartbeat

Answer 18

Shift Up

Question 19

What are the three distinct missions before world war III?

Answer 19

• Curing mental illness. (ACHIEVED)
• Making the lives of all people more happier,
  productive, and fulfilling.
• Identifying and nurturing high talent and
  genius

Question 20

Two victories of the Disease Model:

Answer 20

• In1947,noneof the so-called major illness
  was treatable. NOW,14 are treatable, 2 are
  curable (Seligman,1994).
• What were fuzzy concepts before (like
  depression, anger, schizophrenia, autism, etc)
  were defined, operationalized, measured,
  studied scientifically (valid & reliable).

Question 21

It is Martin Seligman’s inspiration.

Answer 21

Nikki and the Weeds

Question 22

What is Martin Seligman’s quote about PSYCHOLOGY and TREATMENT?

Answer 22

“Psychology is not just the study of weakness and
damage; it is also the study of strength and virtue.
Treatment is not just fixing what is broken; it is
nurturing what is best within us.”

Question 23

It is the scientific study of the
strengths and virtues that enable individuals,
organizations, and communities to flourish.

Answer 23

Positive Psychology

Question 24

What is Benjamin Zander’s quote about awakening possibility?

Answer 24

“My job is to awaken possibility in other people.
If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing
it.”