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exam 1 Flashcards

1
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  • experiential quality and quantity
  • multi-dimensional
  • experienced as recollection or anticipation
A

pleasure

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2
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pleasure memories influenced by intensity and ending experience

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peak-end

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3
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happiness

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longer lasting than pleasure and emotion

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4
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4 potential routes to happiness

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  • hedonism
  • eudaimonia
  • engagement
  • victory
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5
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reduction of tension or satisfaction of needs leads to happiness
increase pleasure and reduce unpleasant experiences

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hedonism route

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6
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identifying ones virtues, cultivating them, and living in accord with them

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eudaimonia route

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7
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engaging in [articular life activities generates happiness
process = pursuit of happiness
enjoy the ride

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engagement route

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8
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winning at whatever matters most
winning at whatever you’re engaged in
competitive

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victory route

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9
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theories of happiness

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  • hedonism
  • desire theory
  • objective list theory
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10
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summing up of experiences
bottom up processing
based on what each person says is pleasurable or unpleasant

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hedonism theory

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11
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getting what you want

synthesized happiness

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desire theory

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12
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truly valuable things in the world (universally), more of those things you have the happier you should be
material goods increasing but happiness is not

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objective list theory

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13
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set-point + life circumstances + volitional activity =

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happiness

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14
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left hemisphere =

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positive emotions

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15
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positive emotions broaden thinking about possible actions - opening awareness to larger range of thoughts and actions than is typical

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broaden and build

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16
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urge to play and be creative

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joy

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17
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urge to explore and learn

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interest

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18
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urge to savor and integrate

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serenity

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19
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feeling good –> thinking broadly –>

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resource generation

20
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resources garnered in the build

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  • learning (cognitive resources)
  • relationships (social)
  • fight and foraging skills (physical)
  • other pos emotions (psychological)
  • neural growth (neural)
21
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induction of pos emotion after induction of neg emotion associated w faster return to baseline physiological functioning

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undoing hypothesis

22
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positivity ratio

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3:1

23
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why do we adapt to pleasure?

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  1. survival reasons (overwhelmed, exhausted by external stimuli that produce pleasure)
  2. rising aspirations (more you have more you want)
  3. social comparisons (they have it so I should too)
24
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short allele of 5-HTTLPR + stress =

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depression

25
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abstract ideal encompassing a number of other more specific strengths that reliably converge to the recognizable higher-order category

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virtue

26
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3 types of the virtue courage

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  • physical
  • moral
  • psychological
27
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virtue of justice

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that which makes life fair

equity vs equality

28
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giving people what hey need. based on need or merit.

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equity (western)

29
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giving everybody the same thing no matter where they start out.

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equality (eastern)

30
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interpersonal strengths -relating to others

doing more than you have to

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virtue of humanity

31
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everything in moderation
control over excess
self-regulation

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virtue of temperance

32
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that which is beyond human knowledge

connection to something higher

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virtue of transcendence

33
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knowledge hard fought for and used for good

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virtue of wisdom

34
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character strengths =

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measurable piece of virtue

35
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what makes something a strength?

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  • distinct from one another
  • trait-like
  • not fixed or immutable (can get better)
36
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strengths of wisdom

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creativity 
curiosity 
judgment 
love of learning
perspective
37
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strengths of courage

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bravery
honesty
perseverance
zest

38
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strengths of humanity

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kindness
love
social intelligence

39
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strengths of justice

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fairness
leadership
teamwork

40
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strengths of temperance

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forgiveness
humility
prudence
self-regulation

41
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strengths of transcendence

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appreciation of beauty 
gratitude 
hope 
humor 
spirituality
42
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same scores when take it again makes it

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reliable

43
Q

mapping onto perception of own strengths (measuring what you intend) makes it

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valid

44
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over time and across cultures makes it

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stable

45
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we care for others bc it benefits us to do so

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egotism motivated altruism

46
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feeling empathetic emotion for someone in need evokes altruistic motivation to relieve that need
does not deny that self-benefit exists

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empathy-altruism hypothesis

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