Unit 5- 5.2-5.3 Flashcards
uses scientific methods to study human flourishing
positive psychology
how people experience and evaluate their lives and the activities
subjective well-being
willing to help others
feel-good do-good phenomenon
our tendency to form judgments
adaptation level phenomenon
the perception that we are worse off relative to the people we compare ourselves with
relative deprivation
argues that positive emotions brightens our awareness and helps build skills
broaden-and-build theory
fosters well being, resilience, and positive emotions
character and strengths and virtues
ability to adapt and bounce back stressful events, etc
resilience
sustained, oxygen consuming exertion
aerobic exercise
attending to current experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting way
mindfulness meditation
a positive emotional response
gratitude
a condition that is dysfunctional/maladaptive
psychological disorder
the assumption that psychopathology is the result of one’s biology
medical model
environmental stressors which a biological predisposition for illness to express itself
diathesis-stress model
molecule mechanisms which environment that can trigger or block gene expressions
epigenetics
diagnostic labels and descriptions (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders)
DMS-5-TR