Strengths

Question 1

What 5 strengths are associated with wellbeing

Answer 1

1. Hope
2. Love
3. Zest
4. Gratitude
5. Curiosity

Question 2

What 4 strengths are robust predictors of life satisfaction?

Answer 2

1. Hope
2. Love
3. Zest
4. Gratitude

Question 3

What are Kashdan’s 5 theoretical areas of strengths development?

Answer 3

1. Strengths TILT - the strengths that interest us and that we lean towards over others.
2. Strengths CONSTELLATIONS - the unique profiles of combinations of strengths from person to person.
3. Strengths BLINDNESS - people can become so used to their own strengths they don’t see them as they consider them to be normal.
4. Strengths SENSITIVITY - people feel bad/negative a a result of failures when using their strengths.
5. SOCIAL COST of strengths - sometimes strengths are perceived as negatives by others for example creativity might be viewed as non-conformist or selfish.

Question 4

What are SIGNATURE STRENGTHS?

Answer 4

Positive traits a person owns, celebrates and recently uses.

Question 5

What is self-efficacy?

Answer 5

Beliefs about whether we can achieve specific tasks
Determines what we choose to do and for how long.
Not about beliefs to do things broadly.