Midterm 2 Flashcards
(28 cards)
pleasure
good food, good sex, all the comforts that money can buy. Happiness NOW.
enjoyment
when a person has not only met some prior expectation or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something unexpected perhaps something even unimagined before.
flow
state of being completely involved in an activity for its own sake.
elements of flow
Challenging Activity Concentration Clear Goals Sense of Control Loss of Self-Consciousness Participate Effortlessly Immediate Feedback Transformation of Time
Autotelic Experience
self-contained activity that is, in itself intrinsically rewarding.
4 types of games
1) Competition
2) Chance
3) Perception
4) Alternate Realities
Agon
Competition
Alea
Chance
Ilinx
vertigo, alter consciousness–perception
mimicry
alternate realities
Family flow
DTR: center clear mind (clarity) choose you (choice) challenge you (challenge) to commit to me (commitment)
flow & suffering
Autotelic people seem to enjoy situations that ordinary persons would find unbearable. POW use flow experiences to escape suffering.
body & flow
Everything the body can do is potentially enjoyable. Mind is always involved in optimal experiences. Marathon runner @ mile 19.
flow of thought
Some of the most exhilarating experiences are generated inside the mind, through thinking rather than sensing. ex; reading (most mentioned flow activity) and mental puzzles, also history, science, and philosophy.
work as flow
common for people to report more flow experiences in their work than in their leisure.
flow in leisure
Often a great opportunity that is wasted.
flow with family
Great potentiality for flow experiences, requires intentionality.
flow with friends
Most positive moods are reported with friends; requires complexity & challenge.
A worker today would only have to work ___ hours to produce the equivalent of a ___ hour worker in 1990.
29, 40
unpaid labor
- Church callings
- housework
- cleanliness
time cost of stuff
X
reasons for an increase in the pace of life
Overwork (forced overtime) Overscheduling Commuting Unpaid Labor Time Cost of Stuff Media
Impacts of Time Poverty
Public Health
Environmental Harm
Volunteerism
Since the 1980’s, children ages 3-12 have lost __ hours per week of free time.
12