Chapter 2- The value of having fun (Gordon Walker)

Question 1

Subjective well-being (SWB) “ is one measure of the ___________ of an individual and of society.

Answer 1

Quality of Life

Question 2

SWB evolves two types of people’s evaluation: ____ and ____.

Answer 2

affective

Cognitive

Question 3

what are the two expressions of affective evaluation?

Answer 3

Positive feeling (increase happiness and joy)

Negative feeling (anxiety and depression)

Question 4

Life circumstances (income level, age, gender, age. etc) in total explains only __% of a persons happiness.

Answer 4

10%

Question 5

in the U.S at least, household income above ____( usd) added little In terms of happiness

Answer 5

75,000

Question 6

two reasons that people have happiness set points

Answer 6

• heritability

- Personality(more extrovert people have greater happiness)

Question 7

set point explains ___% of a persons level of happiness while “international activities explain the remaining ___%

Answer 7

50%

50%

Question 8

intentional activity involves choice and ____ and because it is ____ and variable

Answer 8

effort

episodic

Question 9

• take care of your body
• savour life’s joys
• practice acts of kindness
• Nurture relationships
• Develop coping strategies
• Commit to meaningful goals
• Practice religion and spirituality
• Find activities where you experience ”flow”

Are examples of leisure related _____activities?

Answer 9

international

Question 10

Van Boven, says its better to spend money buying ____ than buying____.

Answer 10

Experience

things

Question 11

Satisfying leisure and satisfying paid work had ____(more/equal/less) effects on overall life satisfaction.

Answer 11

equal

Question 12

because leisure more “______” than paid work, Kuykendall and colleagues (2015) also felt it was likely a better way to try to enhance SWB.

Answer 12

malleable

Question 13

Eudaimonia

Answer 13

a type of happiness that occurs when a person has the ability to choose and so in engages in activities