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Positive Emotions part 2 Flashcards

1
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What are the Hemispheric asymmetries associated with SWB

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  • Mindfulness → L frontal area associated with PA
  • L hem more active than R– associated with PA
  • L-R differences associated with SWB
  • higher L-R asymmetry = high PA, low NA
  • higher L-R asymmetry = self-acceptance, life purpose, personal growth, autonomy
  • mindfulness meditation increases L-R asymmetry → mindfulness = improvements in life satisfaction
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2
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Historically can money buy you happiness?

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NO - its the root of all evil

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What is the Esterlin Paradox?

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  • Happiness increases with income within countries

- Happiness unrelated to income (GDP) between countries.

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What are 2 possible explanations for the Esterlin Paradox (might be both)

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1) Hedonic treadmill?
• Happiness up after income up, but returns to usual set point after time
Relative income?
• Increase in wealth in respect to those around us, rather than absolute income

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5
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Whats the relationship b/w income and happiness within countries?

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curvilinear
• Much greater changes at lower levels of income
• Income more strongly related to life satisfaction, not with PA/NA ratio (happiness)

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6
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HIgh income is buys you ________ but not ________

and low income is associated with ____ and _______

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life satisfaction, happiness

low life evaluation and low emotional well being

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7
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how did Canada and US score on the life satisfaction ladder?

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Canada = 7.5
US = 7.2
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How did Zimbabwe score on the latter?

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lowest income per Capita but higher life satisfaction than many others

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was the an esterlin paradox found in the ladder data ? what does this suggest?

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there is no paradox as there is the same relationship between and within countries
• There is a relationship between wealth and life satisfaction

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LS rises ______ with log per capita income within countries and between

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Linearly

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11
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What country is a paradoxical case? why?

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U.S.A. is a paradoxical case
• GDP has doubled since 1972
• LS has decreased slightly
• Perhaps due to growth in income inequality?

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________ correlations between national wealth and SWB within countries
_____ correlations between income and SWB between countries

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Strong, weak

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Larger correlation b/w wealth and SWB in ____ countries

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Poor → because most at lower end of income

• Risk of low SWB higher for poor people

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  • 1970-1990 economic growth in developed countries =
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= minimal gains in overall SWB

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15
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What is “wanting” material things associated with

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lower levels of SWB

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What was found when comparing LS in US and Calcutta homeless people?

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  • U.S. = negative, Calcutta = positive
  • All report negative LS re income, housing, health, material resources
  • All report positive LS re food
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17
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When measuring SWB around the world who had the highest and lowest?
what was suprising about the results?

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• HIGHEST  = Forbes richest Americans (5.8)
• Traditional Masai 
• Pennsylvania Amish
• Illinois university students
• Calcutta slum dwellers
• Uganda university students
• Calcutta homeless
• LOWEST: California homeless: (2.8)
-	Surprising that the range is not as big
18
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what do materialist, consumer cues lead to?

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  • Increased negative affect → people feel worst when they are primed with materialist ideas
  • Reduced social involvement
  • Greater competitiveness, selfishness
19
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What are wealthier individuals more likely to do as found by Piffa? what does approval of greed have to do with this?

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  • More likely to break driving law, steal, lie, cheat to gain advantage
  • Moderated by greater approval of greed → people who approved greed were more likely to do this
  • Those who did not approve of greed but were wealthy were not as likely
20
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What is the one exception to money not being able to buyyou happiness?

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Buying experiences (trips)

21
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What are the main differences in how individualist vs. collectivist societies define happiness?

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  • Individualist: (most Western countries); personal needs, goals, personal agency, individual initiative and achievement → ex.: US constitution of rights
  • Collectivist: (many Eastern countries); social goals, needs and approval of others, cooperation, team play → defined as his/her relationship to those around them, culture, family, community, role in assisting the culture, the family, the community in achieving their goals, being a part of the team, submerging ones identity in the identity of the group to which one belongs
22
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in collectivist societies Relation between PA/NA ratio and overall SWB much _____

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weaker

23
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In collectivist, Pleasant emotions explicitly require what?

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a social component: more linked to interpersonal emotions (friendliness) than to personal emotions (pride → emphasized in Western societies)

24
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Asian-Americans, more than European-Americans, made happy by ___________

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goals that please or are approved by others

25
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WHat happened when Chinese & U.S. students write an essay on ‘What is Happiness?’

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U.S. students
• enjoyment of present life → hedonistic
• Personal agency social restrictions → make decisions towards personal goals
• personal happiness

Chinese students
• spiritual cultivation, transcendence of present
• social obligations → not personal achievement of momentary happiness
• Fulfilling their roles as members of society
• Confucius ideas

26
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What does positive affect do?

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• Preferentially cues positive memories
• Promotes → Flexibility, Efficiency, Innocation, Thoroughness
Problem solving in complex tasks
1) Candle task - 15% solution in control; 70% in PA (after pos clip)
2) remote associates test (finding a 4th word common to first 3)

27
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what is the Broaden and build theory?

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NA prepares us for threat
• Narrows perceptual focus
• Prepares specific responses
PA broadens our thought-action repertoire
• Leads to play, creativity, openness and exploration
- Broadening builds “enduring personal resources”
- Resources enhance health, survival, SWB

28
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What are the 4 steps of the broaden and build model

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1) Start with positive emotions
2) leads to novel thoughts, activities, relationships (resources)
3) enduring personal resources (social support, resilience, skills, knowledge)
4) enhanced health, survival, fulfillment
* then back to beginning*

29
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Broadening and undoing causes heightened creativity in ____

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mania

30
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Whats a Global processing bias and what causes it according to broadening and undoing?

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global processing bias → change from narrow to global and broaden their view of the world
Caused by Induced PA
- PA reverses the effects of NA

31
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Where do we find - Increased dopamine

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→ prefrontal cortex and cingulate cortex

32
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What is dopamine associated with

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reward pathways

33
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what does aggression promote?

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dopamine

34
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what is the Prefrontal areas – anterior cingulate cortex associated with?

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  • Creative problem-solving
  • Openness to information/ exploration
  • Integration of ideas
  • Focus on neg info when when important to the solution
  • Keep multiple perspectives in mind (Cooperativeness, Social responsibility, Improved negotiation skills, Generosity to self, others)
35
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in the - Ostir et al (2000): 2-year prospective study of elderly (65+) Mexican-Americans
• Higher PA at start =

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reduced chances of mortality over 2 years

• Still true after controlling for NA, medical condition, BMI, smoking, drinking status, etc.

36
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in the - Levy et al (2002): 23-year prospective study of elderly (~63)

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  • positive views of aging = lived longer
  • Above mean self-perceptions of aging = 7.5 years longer life
  • Still true after controlling for age, sex, functional health status
37
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  • 7 studies find higher SWB = lower ______ rate
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mortality

38
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High SWB predicts (what health benefits?)

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• Fewer heart attacks
• Better survival from heart disease
• Lower incidence of strokes
- Higher SWB = less smoking, drinking → less likely to smoke and drink less

39
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-Pressman & Cohen (2005)’ meta-analysis of PA and health showed…

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  • High trait PA = fewer colds after virus exposure

* High PA = higher levels of immunoglobin A

40
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What does high PA lead to in work and relationships?

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Work
• PA at 18 = more prestigious jobs at age 26
• Higher PA = higher incomes, though correlation is small
• more pos. job assessments from supervisors

Relationships
• higher probability of marriage, more marital satisfaction
• pos. perception of interaction partners
• More collaborative conflict resolution; more interest in friendship, social activities
• More interest in friendship, social activities

41
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What are the 3 factors of happiness?

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1) Genetics → approximately half
• Children with easy temperament
2) Activities and practices → what we can focus on to increase positive affect
3)Circumstances → little or not control

42
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How can one increase SWB

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  • Pursue significant life goals
  • Be active → physical activity and psychological health
  • Be social
  • Do good → better to give than to receive
  • Find positive meaning
    • Count your blessings, Express gratitude, Imagine best possible self
  • Be open

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