character strengths Flashcards
(13 cards)
Character strengths are defined as what?
“Positive traits/capacities that are personally fulfilling, do not diminish others, ubiquitous and valued across cultures and aligned with numerous positive outcomes for oneself and others.”
What does dimensionality mean for character strengths?
“Character is viewed in degrees.”
How does context affect a person’s character strengths expression?
They “don’t operate in isolation… shaped by the context we are in,” so expression varies with who, where, what expectations, past experiences, and culture.
Character strengths are described as interdependent because…?
“Dynamics occur as the strengths interact … cause increases in one another, or hinder the expression of one another.”
What are signature strengths?
Those “most central to who the person is… energizing to use and more natural to express.”
List the six main virtues and give one sample strength for each.
Wisdom & Knowledge—creativity;
Courage—bravery;
Humanity—kindness;
Justice—fairness;
Temperance—forgiveness;
Transcendence—gratitude.
In well‑being theory, deploying your highest strengths leads to what outcomes?
More positive emotion, more meaning, more accomplishment and better relationships.”
Which group of strengths shows the strongest link to well‑being?
“Strengths of the heart like love and gratitude… more strongly associated with well‑being than strengths of the head.”
What does the Golden Mean describe for any character strength?
A continuum where the center is “balanced, optimal use in terms of the right amount for the situation.”
When is a character strength no longer a strength?
When it is overused or underused.
People are more likely to do what with their highest vs. lowest strengths?
Overuse their highest strengths and underuse their lowest strengths.”
What is meant by synergy in the Four‑Quadrant Model?
Two or more strengths “come together and create a synergy in which the new whole is greater than the sum of the strengths.”
What is a collision between character strengths?
Two or more strengths “collide… leading to a whole that is far less than the sum of the strengths.”
