Module 5.2a

Question 1

Positive Psychology

Answer 1

The scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of promoting strengths and virtues that foster well-being, resilience, and positive emotions, and that help individuals and communities to thrive.

Question 2

Subjective Well-Being

Answer 2

Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people’s quality of life.

Question 3

Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon

Answer 3

People’s tendency to be helpful when in a good mood

Question 4

Adaptation-Level Phenomenon

Answer 4

Our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.

Question 5

Relative Deprivation

Answer 5

The perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves.

Question 6

Broaden-and-Build Theory

Answer 6

Proposes that psoitive emotions broaden our awareness, which over time helps us build novel and meaningful skills and resilience that improve well-being.

Question 7

Character Strengths and Virtues

Answer 7

A classification system to iddentify positive traits; organized into categories of wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.