Final

Question 1

Core Virtues identified by Positive Psychology

Answer 1

Courage
Justice
Humanity
Temperance
Wisdom
Transcendence

Question 2

Set point

Answer 2

general level of happiness; genetically influenced, based in part on E and N

Question 3

Sources of happiness

Answer 3

Circumstances (10%)
Intentional Activity (40%)
Set point (50%)

Question 4

Happiness

Answer 4

overall life satisfaction
life domain satisfaction
positive emotion vs negative emotion

Question 5

Angst (existential anxiety)

Answer 5

anguish - choices are never perfect
forlornness - choices are yours alone
despair - inability to change world

Question 6

Strengths of the heart

Answer 6

fairness, mercy, gratitude, hope, love, religiosity

Question 7

Strengths of the head

Answer 7

artistic excellence, creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, learning

Question 8

Emics

Answer 8

aspects of a phenomenon/components of an idea that are specific to a particular culture

Question 9

Etics

Answer 9

aspects of a phenomenon that all cultures have in common

Question 10

Yuan

Answer 10

predestined relationship

Question 11

Renqing

Answer 11

relationship reciprocity

Question 12

Chemyon

Answer 12

social face

Question 13

Amae

Answer 13

indulgent dependency

Question 14

Honor culture

Answer 14

laws/police are weak; people must protect themselves, their families, and their property
high sensitivity to threats to reputation
historic American South; Latin America

Question 15

Face culture

Answer 15

respect authority; avoid social conflict through hierarchy, humility, and harmony - enforced by authority
Japan, China

Question 16

Dignity culture

Answer 16

individuals are valuable in their own right, not because of what others think of them
Western cultures; US

Question 17

Procedural self

Answer 17

behaviours that show who we are based on what we do

Question 18

Implicit self

Answer 18

self-relevant behavioural patterns that we are not consciously aware of

Question 19

Relational self

Answer 19

our perceptions and behaviour directed by those who we have important relationships with

Question 20

Self-schema

Answer 20

all the information we have relevant to our self, including our understanding of our overall traits and abilities

Question 21

Substantia nigra

Answer 21

part of basal ganglia
helps control movements
influences brain chemistry - production of dopamine
electrical stimulation triggered acute depression in attempt to control Parkinson’s

Question 22

Capgras syndrome

Answer 22

Injury to right frontal lobe
Patients think all their loved ones have been replaced by strangers

Question 23

Omnibus inventory

Answer 23

Wide range of traits in one test

Question 24

Factor analytic method

Answer 24

identify similarities between groups of things; common property is a “factor”