Mod 59

Question 1

What does oxytocin do?

Answer 1

increases social bonding

Question 2

What is social support?

Answer 2

feeling linked or encouraged by intimate friends and family

Question 3

What is aerobic exercise?

Answer 3

sustained, oxygen consuming exertion

Question 4

What is the feel-good, do-good phenomena

Answer 4

The tendency to be helpful when in a good mood or feel better after helping others

Question 5

What is the adaption level phenomenon?

Answer 5

when wealth or other life conditions improve; we are happier compared to our past condition

Question 6

What is mindful meditation?

Answer 6

reflective practice in which people attend to the present w/o judgement

Question 7

What is positive character?

Answer 7

exploring/enhancing creativity and courage

Question 8

What is positive well being?

Answer 8

feeling good, functioning effectively, and experiencing high life satisfaction

Question 9

What are positive groups or communities?

Answer 9

supportive, inclusive, and trusting networks that foster belonging, safety, and personal growth through shared values

Question 10

Which of the following has shown effectiveness in improving sleep, reducing depression, and increasing heart and lung fitness?

a. Meditation

b. Aerobic exercise

c. Religious involvement

d. Subjective well-being

e. Social support

Answer 10

b. Aerobic exercise

Question 11

Seligman’s positive psychology seeks to

a. enable people to be happy all the time.

b. treat stress with medication.

c. enable people to flourish.

d. examine the biological systems affected by stressful events.

e. reduce daily hassles in people’s lives.

Answer 11

c. enable people to flourish.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of the feel-good, do-good phenomenon?

a. Anagha tries to keep her 2-year-old son from becoming upset for any reason.

b. Niko is praised by his teacher and later volunteers to help his mother clean the garage.

c. Carson feels satisfied after helping the ecology club pick up trash around the school.

d. Maggie’s parents double her allowance when she is nice to her sister all day.

e. Rowen is glad to finally be over the flu so he can return to his volunteer work.

Answer 12

b. Niko is praised by his teacher and later volunteers to help his mother clean the garage.

Question 13

Which of the following accurately represents the relationship between income and happiness?

a. Rapidly increasing income is associated with a slight decrease in happiness because of relative deprivation.

b. Increased income increases happiness equally for almost everybody.

c. There is no relationship between income and happiness.

d. Gradually increasing income is associated with a slight decrease in happiness because of the adaptation-level phenomenon.

e. Increased income increases happiness for people who don’t have enough money to meet their basic needs.

Answer 13

e. Increased income increases happiness for people who don’t have enough money to meet their basic needs.

Question 14

What is relative deprivation?

Answer 14

The perception that you or your group are receiving less than what you are entitled to, relative to a comparison standard.