PERMA Quiz Flashcards
What does PERMA stand for?
Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishments
How can we increase our positive emotion about the past?
By gratitude and forgiveness
How can we increase our positive emotion about the present?
Through mindfulness, and physically feeling good
How can we increase our positive emotion about the future?
By building hope and optimism
Is positive emotion partly genetic?
Yes, it is
Does positive emotion fluctuate?
Yes, they fluctuate
Engagement is an experience in which someone fully deploys their…
Skills, strengths and attention for a challenging task
What is flow?
Being in the zone in an activity, self awareness disappears, and time stops
Examples of flow:
A good conversation, playing a sport, reading a book, playing music
Connections to others give…
Life purpose and meaning
What is a sense of meaning?
Purpose can be derived from belonging to and serving something bigger than yourself.
What is accomplishment?
People pursue accomplishment even when it doesn’t always lead to positive emotion, meaning or relationships
People with higher levels of well-being:
Perform better at work, have more satisfying relationships, are more cooperative, have a stronger immune systems, have better physical health, live longer, etc.
Optimism Vs Pessimism Benefits
Less Depression and anxiety, better school, sports and work performance, reduced risk of dropping out of school, and better physical health outcomes
Humans are…
Social beings
