Chapter 16 - Positive Psychology

Question 1

Positive psychology

Answer 1

1998 Martin seligman

Focuses on human strengths and how they can be successful

Question 2

Flourishing vs floundering

Answer 2

High well being, low mental illness

Low well being, high mental illness

Question 3

Struggling vs languishing

Answer 3

High both vs low both

Question 4

Pos psychology three lines of inquiry

Answer 4

Positive subjective experiences
Positive individual traits
Positive institutions

Question 5

Broaden and build model of positive emotions

Answer 5

Barbara Fredrickson

Pos emotions elicit:
Nonspecific action tendencies that lead to adaptive responses
Promoting thought action tendencies

Question 6

Fredrickson undoing hypothesis

Answer 6

Positive emotions aid the mind and body by recovering balance following negative emotions

Question 7

Positive individual traits

Answer 7

Hope resilience grit gratitude

Question 8

Hope

Answer 8

Snyder says two components: agency and pathways.

Trait hope scale assess degree of hope

Question 9

Capitalizing

Answer 9

Telling people good things in our lives