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Positive Psychology
Midterm
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2012

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Aristotle
Definition
first insight to pos. psych
Happines was life lived in accord with excellence of the soaul
Happiness is stable
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Behavior Facilitation System
Definition
Postive affectivity directs ust towars situations that may yield pleasures
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Bradburn
Definition
happiness : more frequent experience of positive then negative
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Brickman
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lottery and paralysis experiment
Lotter winners were not happier then previously thought
People paralyzed weren't unhappier then previously thought
Everything is stable
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Broaden and Build Theory
Definition
Positive Emotions increase aware ness, build genuine thoughts over time
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Diener
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preformed reasearch across nations regardless of economic status
Wealthier nations were happier as a whole
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Duration Neglect
Definition
tendency to over look the length of an experience in judging them as pleasent or unpleasant
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Eudaimonia
Definition
state of being happy
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Fredrickson
Definition
Emotions : multicomponent response tendencies.
Meditation was effective in terms of positive experiences
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Fredrickson
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Emotions : multicomponent response tendencies.
Meditation was effective in terms of positive experiences
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Fredrickson
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Emotions : multicomponent response tendencies.
Meditation was effective in terms of positive experiences
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Fredrickson
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Emotions : multicomponent response tendencies.
Meditation was effective in terms of positive experiences
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Hedonic Treadmill:
Definition
tendency of people to return to a stable level of happiness despite major situations (pos or neg)
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Hedonism
Definition
always seeking pleasure
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Hope
Definition
feeling routes people towards goals and motivates people to use those routes
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Inhibition Systems
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Stops behavior through negative affectivity
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Kahneman
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Peak-end theory
Memory of pleasure is determined by intensity of immediate experience and how it ended
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Lykken & Tellegen
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Genetic factors have a significant impact on persons overall level of happiness + hedonic treadmill
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Lyubomirski
Definition
Happiness leads to better outcomes in marriage,friends, job, income, performance, mental health and succes
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Optimism
Definition
a mood associated with a future expactation that is pleasurable
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Peak End Theory
Definition
Memory of pleasure explained by intensity of immediate experience and how it ended
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Peterson
Definition
Pos. Psych: study of what goes right in life... Happiness can only be asses by the quality of someones life
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Positivity Bias
Definition
people favor results that confirm their hypotheses
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Ryff & Singer
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Eudaimonia: state of happy
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Seligman
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Happiness is divided into pleasures and gratifications: President of APA
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Snyder
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Theory for hope that emphasizes goal directed thinking
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Subjective Well-Being
Definition
high postive affectivity and overall life satisfaction
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Thaler
Definition
Endowment Effect: We have tendencies to like things we are given
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Waterman
Definition
Personal expressiveness was associated with intrinsic motivation, flow, and peak experinces
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Zajonc
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Mere Exposure Effect: Familiarity Breeds Character
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