Week 4- Character Strengths

Question 1

Virtues to Strengths to Stituational Themes

Answer 1

Inner to External

Question 2

Virtues history

Answer 2

Saturated research demand into the psychology of what people ‘should’ be doing.

Question 3

6 Universal Virtues

Answer 3

1. Wisdom and Knowledge
2. Courage
3. Humanity
4. Justice
5. Temperance
6. Transcendence

Question 4

6 Criteria to Define a Strength (as they are more personable and customisable)

Answer 4

1. Morally valued by society
2. We recognise ‘paragons of value’
3. Must manifest in a range of personal behaviour, thoughts and feelings
4. Strengths invite achievemnet over distress.
5. All strengths can be reliably measured as individual differences
6. Displaying strengths is uplifting for others

Question 5

Character Strength

-Life Satisfaction
-Self-esteem

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