Positive Psychology

Question 0

What was the method for Stanley Milgram’s 1974 experiment on obedience to authority?

Answer 0

Ordinary people delivered what they believed to be painful electric shocks to a stranger and increased the shocks despite protest from the stranger.

Question 1

In 1974, who conducted a famous study on obedience to authority?

Answer 1

Stanley Milgram

Question 2

What percentage of people in Milgram’s 1974 experiment continued to obey the experimenter and delivered ‘shocks’ up to 450v?

Answer 2

66%

Question 3

What does Milgram’s 1974 experiment suggest?

Answer 3

That ordinary people will go against their own judgement and morality under minimal pressure from a legitimate authority.

Question 4

Who is Aldoplh Eichman?

Answer 4

Tried for crimes against humanity during the Holocaust death camps

Question 5

What was Hanna Arendt’s phrase from 1963

Answer 5

The banality of evil

Question 6

What does Arendt’s famous phrase ‘the banality of evil’ from 1963 represent?

Answer 6

That those who carried out extraordinary acts of brutality during the Holocaust were not pathological monsters. They were just normal people following orders.

Question 7

What is the basic Positive Psychology premise?

Answer 7

That the field of psychology is out of balance; focussing too much on the negatives in human behaviour than the positive.

Question 8

Who was influential in the emphasis on Negative Psychology?

Answer 8

Sigmeund Freud

Question 9

What was Sigmeund Freud influential in promoting about Negative Psychology?

Answer 9

That beneath the veneer of everyday politeness and kindness lurked more self serving motives

Question 10

What is the perspective of Positive Psychology?

Answer 10

That positive qualities and motives are just as authentic as negative ones and they affirm the positive side of human nature.

Question 11

What was a student’s description of Positive Psychology?

Answer 11

Positive Psychology is POP Psychology with a scientific basic

Question 12

List some of the current topics of Positive Psychology?

Answer 12

Happiness; Love; Hope; Forgiveness; Positive a Growth after trauma; Health Benefits of a Positive Attitude

Question 13

What is the 2001 quote by Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Finkenauer, and Vohs?

Answer 13

In human behaviour, the bad is stronger than the good

Question 14

In 1990 Covert and Reeder and in 2001 Rozin and Royzman named the process of information about negative traits contributing more to how we think of others than their positive traits or behaviours as what?

Answer 14

The trait negativity bias

Question 15

What was said by Reis and Gable in 2003?

Answer 15

That the presence of conflict and negative behaviour makes a greater contribution to relationship satisfaction, or lack thereof, than does the positive behaviour

Question 16

In 2005, what was said by Gable and Haidt?

Answer 16

Because positive events are more common, negative ones violate our expectations and as a result are given more attention