module 44

Question 1

aerobic exercise

Answer 1

sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; also helps alleviate depression and anxiety.

Question 2

mindfulness meditation

Answer 2

a reflective practice in which people attend to current experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting manner.

Question 3

feel-good, do-good phenomenon

Answer 3

people’s tendency to be helpful when in a good mood

Question 4

positive psychology

Answer 4

the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive.

Question 5

subjective well-being

Answer 5

self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people’s quality of life.

Question 6

adaptation-level phenomenon

Answer 6

our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.

Question 7

relative deprivation

Answer 7

the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.

Question 8

Martin Seligman

Answer 8

former president of the American Psychological Association, president when positive psychology was being using scientific methods to study human flourishing