Week 10 Flashcards
What is spirituality & religiosity related to overall?
higher health & well-being
What are 6 reasons why religious/spiritual people have greater well-being?
1) social support (one of strongest predictors of well-being)
2) Supports healthy lifestyles
3) promotes personality integration - sense of self does not feel split (goal-orientated behavior - PERMA)
4) promotes positive emotions
5) promotes unique coping strategies (ex= prayer)
6) provides sense of meaning & purpose
What are the 5 types of prayer?
1) Adoration
2)Confession - negative impact
3)Thanksgiving - best positive impact
4) Supplication - negative impact
5) Reception
What does Lori think is good with prayer?
outward focus vs inward focus
What are 3 religious coping strategies?
1) Self-directed coping
a. acknowledging God exists
b. He’s in charge.
c. Individual still copes on their own.
d. Does not provide the best psychological outcomes
2) Deferring style
a. Situation placed entirely in Gods hands
b. Person waits passively for God to sort it out
c. Does not provide the best psychological outcomes
3) Collaborative approach
a. God + individual work together to solve the problem.
b. Best psychological outcome
Why is not all religious involvement conducive to well-being?
a) Increase levels of prejudice, discrimination, racism, egotism
b) Hostile intolerant attitude toward people not like themselves
a. These increase wellbeing through group identity
b. In-group bias – bias we have about ourselves/our group
i. Can be more motivated to see our group as superior
What are peak experiences?
“brief moments when people experience intense joy, wonder, appreciation, or connection to a larger spiritual reality”
How old is research in awe?
under 20 years old
What is Awe? (there are 2 parts with 2 subsets each)
It is a complex emotion comprised of:
1) Perceived vastness
a) Observing something literally physically large
b) Theoretical perception of vastness (Being with a prestigious person or idea)
2) Need for Accommodation
a. this awe violates our normal understanding of the world
b. so we try to change our normal structures to try and understand (mental structures)
Is awe the same cross-culturally?
No. Cultural differences: Western is more individual experiences; Eastern awe is directed towards others
What are 7 benefits of awe?
1) Focus less on ourselves
2) Feel like part of a larger whole (increases connection)
3) Expands peoples’ perception of time (Think of nature walks this semester: feel like more time available to them - time affluence [better manage stress] - not procrastinating)
4) Alters decision making
a - people behave less impatiently
b - more willing to volunteer their time (which has an even greater impact on well-being than physical activity)
c - prefer positive experience over material products
5) overall enhances well-being
6) sharpens the brain
7) seems to increase humility
What are the 2 differences between awe & other positive emotions?
1) The facial expression - very different from other pos. emotions - not a smile but widened eyes, raised inner eye brows, and relaxed, open mouth
(lack of smile shows that it is not about social affiliation)
2) Visceral effects: Most positive emotions move us towards something but awe reduces sympathetic effect on heart and keeps us STILL
-sense of uncertainty - want to solve it - careful, detailed processing of information, careful, critical thought
- appeal to our need to know - great works of art, human ability, nature
What is the 3rd sacred emotion?
Humility
What is humility?
-the modest strength
-the strength to forget oneself/quiet the ego
- it is not weakness or inferiority, but rather, is a strength of character that benefits self and society
What is an antidote to ingratitude?
humility
