graditude Flashcards
(33 cards)
What is Gratitude?
“A happy emotional experience after receiving something – a gift, help, anything… a social emotion.”
Gratitude is strongest when the benefactor is perceived to be what?
Responsive to our needs and preferences when providing the benefit.
Why is gratitude not the same as feeling indebted?
When indebted “we can resent or avoid”; when grateful “we want to be with” the benefactor.
Grateful people are more inclined to do what?
“Behave in beneficent, pro‑social ways toward the giver and toward others.”
What did Layous et al. (2017) find about expressing gratitude?
Over 7 weeks it increased prosocial effort (more kind acts) and predicted greater post‑intervention well‑being.
True gratitude acts as what for moral behavior?
A reinforcement that motivates both giver and receiver “to continue to do good (moral) things.”
The Three Graces symbolize what cycle?
Giving, receiving, and returning gifts in a continuous flow.
The Three Graces clasped hands represent what?
“The unbroken circle of good will and giving/receiving.”
Acknowledging a benefit received is what?
A “gift returned to the giver”; it “rewards the other person emotionally.”
Gratitude has “one of the strongest links to mental health of any character trait.” True or False?
True.
Components of Trait Gratitude
Gratitude toward others (for being, not doing)
Focus on what one has (instead of what one does not have)
Feelings of Awe or Wonder
Behavioral expressions of gratitude
Living in the present moment
Recognition that life is transient and appreciating each day
Positive social comparisons (seeing how life could be worse)
Einstein said there are two ways to live: as though nothing is a miracle or as though what?
“Everything is a miracle.”
The more we practice gratitude, what happens?
“The more we see the positive results, and the more we are inclined to keep practicing it.”
Gratitude correlates with High Positive Affect, Low Negative Affect & High Satisfaction with Life. Yes/No?
Yes.
Name one disorder with lower risk among grateful people.
e.g., Alcohol/Drug Abuse, Generalized Anxiety, Phobias, Bulimia.
Gratitude may form a positive triad opposing what triad in depression?
The negative triad of negative views about self, world, and future.
Grateful people tend to feel higher levels of what in their environment?
Control
Higher gratitude predicts “less impaired sleep” and more what coping?
Active coping with less disengagement.
Gratitude shows “exceptional incremental validity” beyond what?
Beyond “the traits most studied in psychology” in predicting well‑being.
List the four Portals to Gratitude.
Blessings, Learnings, Mercies, Protections.
Name one Obstacle to Gratitude.
Entitlement, Victimhood, Rugged Individualism, Materialism, Taking Things for Granted, Manipulation, Suffering, Amnesia, Negative Moods, Lack of Reflection.
Practicing gratitude helps us do what with negative situations?
Look for the positives and derive lessons like patience or resilience.
Any experience can be reframed as a
potential gift
Gratitude is more than a feeling; name its three stages.
A Choice (attitude), an Action (response), a Habit (when practiced regularly).
