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Subjective Well-Being Flashcards

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emotions

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positive or negative experience associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity

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do all species have emotions

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no

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why do we have emotions

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they serve an evolutionary purpose

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difference between moods and emotions

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moods last longer and they can affect emotions

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what can moods be affected by

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the environment

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2 examples of environmental effects on moods

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  1. people get more aggressive when it’s hot

2. hunger effects mood

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are emotions voluntary, are they modifiable

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no they are involuntary, although cognitive appraisal can modify them

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2 types of emotions

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  1. destructive

2. constructive

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are emotions good or bad?

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not necessarily, it depends on how they are enacted

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what makes an emotion destructive

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when it is unrealistic

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3 steps of how emotions unfold

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  1. appraisal
  2. trigger
  3. refractory period
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appraisal

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brain processes sensory signals and relays info to amygdala

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trigger

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info goes to cortex which triggers an emotion

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refractory period

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period of time in which you are physiologically incapable of processing a second emotion

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how can we turn destructive emotions into constructive emotions

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by becoming aware of them

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how is awareness related to the refractory period

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awareness provides a gap so we don’t immediately respond and we can look at other information

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measure of how people evaluate their own lives

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subjective well-being (SWB)

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what does SWB refer to

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happiness, accomplishment, pride, etc.

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SWB discovery in the 1950s

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material and financial well-being don’t correlate with greater SWB

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is SWB a scientific term

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yes

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3 main components of SWB

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  1. life satisfaction
  2. positive affect (emotions)
  3. lack of negative affect
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are the 3 components of SWB interconnected

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no, they are independent from one another

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who is the expert when analyzing SWB

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the individual being studied is the expert of their own life

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why is subjective analysis important (3 reasons)

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  1. different people can react to similar circumstances in different ways
  2. happiness is important in its own right
  3. objective measures can be misleading
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2 types of happiness

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  1. hedonic happiness

2. eudaimonic happiness

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hedonic happiness

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instant gratification and naive happiness

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eudaimonic happiness

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broader form of happiness

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what does euadaimonic happiness include (3 things)

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  1. life purpose/growth
  2. sense of autonomy
  3. feeling of belonging
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genetic role in happiness

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genetics control 50% of your happiness set point

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happiness set point

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external events have a short lived impact on happiness, before we return to our set point

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physical beauty effect on happiness

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people who are more beautiful are happier

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age effect on happiness

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people are slightly happier in their 60s compared to their 20s

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marriage effect on happiness

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married people are happier than single people

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paradox of affluence

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number of happy people is the same today as 50 years ago, and depression rates have increased
- even though quality of life should be better

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difference between life now and 50 years ago (3 things)

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  1. incomes have doubled
  2. more food, clothing, cars, bigger homes
  3. better health
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hedonic treadmill

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we think material possession will make us happy but this is only temporary

37
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focusing illusion

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making a judgment on something by only focusing on a few features

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example of a focusing illusion

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would you be happier living in California?

- most people don’t consider pollution, no free health care, friends back home, etc.

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how studied the MAAS

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Brown and Ryan (2003)

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MAAS

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mindfulness attention awareness scale

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purpose of MAAS

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find a connection between mindfulness and subjective well-being

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how was the MAAS formed

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started with 184 questions and narrowed to 15

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how many stages to select these questions

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5

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5 stages of making the MAAS

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  1. excluding based on own criteria
  2. gave questions to mindfulness experts
  3. gave questions to psychology experts and students
  4. looked at ratings and showed more students and faculty
  5. narrowed to 15
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5 MAAS studies

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  1. how does MAAS correlate with other measures
  2. are there group differences in mindfulness
  3. are implicit and explicit measures of affect associated
  4. MAAS and autonomous activity and emotional well-being
  5. can changes in MAAS predict emotional disturbance and stress
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how does MAAS correlate with other measures

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compared MAAS with 17 other scales and it was both consistent and gave new information

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are there group differences in mindfulness

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scale found different results in meditaters showing it tests mindfulness

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are implicit and explicit measures of affect associated

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people who scored high on MAAS also scored high on implicit association tests

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MAAS and autonomous activity and emotional well-being

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people who scored higher on mindfulness also scored higher on autonomy

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can changes in MAAS predict emotional disturbance and stress

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yes, higher mindfulness = lower mood disturbance and stress

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example of how evolution builds on existing structures

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the cortex sits on millions of years of evolutions

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which part of the brain helps us feel separate

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left parietal lobe

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how have we evolved to maintain stability

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many brain functions responsible for maintaining homeostasis

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example of how we evolved to scan for threats

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brains process fearful faces faster than happy faces

55
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mental simulations

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the mind creates representations of the external world

56
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where does most input to visual cortex come from

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higher cortical areas, rather than the eyes

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4 downsides to simulations

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  1. pull us out of the present moment
  2. can be better or worse than reality
  3. simplifications
  4. strengthens neural connections in the mind between anticipatory anxiety and real anxiety
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2 reactions we experience

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  1. first order

2. second order

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first order reaction

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natural reaction to something

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2nd order reaction

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reaction to first order reaction

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harmful 2nd order reactions

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a 2nd order reaction without a first order reaction (eg: reacting to something we think someone said)

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habitual 2nd order reaction to positive events

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clinging

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first areas of brain active during meditation

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  1. prefrontal cortex

2. cingulate cortex

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prefrontal cortex function during meditation

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forming the intention to meditate

65
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cingulate cortex function during meditation (and specific part involved)

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focuses attention (ACC)

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which part of the brain does the PFC activate

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the thalamus

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what is triggered by thalamus activity (3 things)

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  1. increase in GABA
  2. decrease in glutamate
  3. more beta-endorphins
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effect of beta-endorphins

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increase happiness and maybe even joy and euphoria

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what part of the brain is involved after the thalamus

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parietal lobe

70
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what does the parietal lobe do

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maintains a sense of your space

71
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how does GABA effect the parietal lobe

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inhibitory effect, causes you to lose separateness in space

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what part of brain gets involved after the parietal cortex

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hippocampus and amygdala

73
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what does the hippocampus do during meditation

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sends feedback to the frontal cortex

- and involved in memory

74
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what does the amygdala do during meditation

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inhibited

- areas associated with negative emotions

75
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hypothalamus during meditation

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turns on parasympathetic nervous system activity which creates relaxation and peacefulness

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what happens when breathing slows down

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medulla gets the pons to produce fewer epinephrine and the body releases fewer stress hormones

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