Test 1 Flashcards
Aristotle and The Virtue Theory of Happiness
dispositions of character that lead a person towards eudaimonic well-being
The Epicureans
pleasures achieved by avoiding unnecessary pain
Four major theories the Greeks had on happiness
1) The contemplative life 2)The active life 3)The fatalistic life 4)Hedonism
Incongruence
The degree of disparity between one’s self-concept and one’s actual experience
_____ is an important aspect of self development
Incongruence
The good life and its positive elements are
connection to others, positive individual traits, life regulation
Five main areas we can explore to increase our wellbeing
positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, accomplishments
Hedonism
Is the oldest approach to well-being and happiness pleasure as the basic comment of the good life
The early Hebrews thought about the divine command Theory of happiness
submission to gods supreme authorities and rejection of pleasure
Socrates
most responsible for the new direction in Greek intellectual life
Aristotle and Habits
Aristotle and Eudaimonia
Dan Gilbert ‘ The psychology of your future self’
Daddy of positive psychology
Impact Bias
Our prefrontal cortex overestimates how happy people are or aren’t depending on our thoughts. We are not good at predicting how things will affect us long term
Synthetic happiness
Real happiness accepting things you can not change
Setpoint theory
Suggests that people have a stable point of happiness that they may temporarily stray from, but to which they return in the long run
Focalism
the tendency for people to give too much weight to one particular piece of information when making judgments and predictions
Pearls assumption of unhappiness
the distorted glorification of past and unrealistic expectations of the present
Ted talk on Bernie brown
The power of vulnerability, we make uncertain things certain.
Grit
your ability to achieve longterm goals
Humanistic perspective
Phenomenological/existentialism. Optimistic view of human potential
Carl Rogers
Self-concept our image or perception of ourselves
Congruence
Self-concept meshes well with actual experience
Incongruence
Self-concept does not mesh well with actual experience
Higgins Theory of Self discrepancy
actual self (belief about who we think we are) Ought-self (who we should be) Ideal self is who we want to be
