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Positive Psychology

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The Scientific Study of what makes life worth living

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Positive Psychology 2

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Study of the conditions that contribute to flourishing or optimal functioning of people, groups or institutions

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Eudaimonic

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Meaning

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Subjective Well Being

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Positive Affect minus negative affect, life satisfaction (Diener)

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Psychological well being (Ryff)

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self acceptance, positive relations, autonomy, mastery, purpose in life, personal growth

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Well being theory (PERMA)

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Seligman- Positive emotions, engagement, relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment

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Relation of H and E

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Highly correlated, more studies on SWB than eudaimonic

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Meaningfulness vs happiness

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M- thinking about past and future, Happiness- present, Satisfying needs and wants about happiness, but not meaning, stress- M, but lower H, Concerns about personal identity and self expression- M, but not H

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Personality and Happiness

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Extra-version, Openness (not as relevant), Neuroticism- negative effect, agreeableness (smaller effect)

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Factors if someone is happy

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NOT gender, age, income (only up to a certain level), NEA personality, Social relationships most important

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SWB happiness

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Cognitive Appraisal, Emotional Experience

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Happiness breakdown

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50% genetics, 10% life circumstances, 40% actions and thoughts

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what we can control

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Life circumstances (sort of), relationships, thinking style, motivation

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Emotion and mood

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Emotion- brief, Mood- lingering

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Broaden and build

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Positive emotions broaden momentary thought-action repertoire, broadening builds resources (both short and long term)

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Global task

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Look at things more globally (broaden) with positive emotions (except for desire, which narrows)

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Operant Conditioning

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Rewards and Punishments

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To meet needs

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Offer choice, opportunities for self direction, encouraging feedback upon success

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Self Determination Theory

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Well being results from fulfillment of three basic needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness (force for intrinsic motivation)

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Identified

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Completely internalized, but maybe not something you really want to do. Doing taxes.

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Matching Hypothesis

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Goals that better express ourselves, values and needs bring more well being

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Conditions for flow

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Intrinsic interest- autotelic task, Skill-challenge balance, knowing what needs to be done, immediate feedback

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Pollyana Principle

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Pleasantness predominates in thought

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Dispositional Optimism

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The global expectation that good things will be plentiful in the future and bad things scarce

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Attribution theory
How people explain events and behavior
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ABC Model
Adversity- any negative event, B- belief about the event, C- consequences- how you feel and behave following that event. Beliefs can be the cause of consequence
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Disputation
Thought catching, evaluate, generate more accurate explanations
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Penn Resilience Program (PRP) (Seligman)
Changing thought patterns in middle school children. Fostering optimism. Experiment and follow up- 20% fewer depressive symptoms than no intervention, 10% fewer than PEP
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Defensive Pessimism
Strategy for coping with anxiety. Low expectations of future events. Need a different strategy than others.
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Strengths of humanity
One on one relationships - caring
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Strengths of justice
One to many relationships
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Values vs attitudes
Values broad and ambiguous, attitudes- favorable or unfavorable evaluations of a specific object or issue.
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Values vs attitudes
Values broad and ambiguous, attitudes- favorable or unfavorable evaluations of a specific object or issue.
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Trait self esteem
Overall, intrinsic self esteem. Not specific. Global evaluation of themselves.
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State Self esteem
How someone feels in the moment, based on a specific reaction to a specific stimulus. False feedback paradigm.
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Measure self esteem
Rosenberg self esteem scale, social comparisons
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Overall levels of self esteem
Mid to high range global average, most think themselves above average compared to others.
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Consequences of self esteem
Increased happiness, increased initiative, but can also cause violence, inability to think they need to work hard. Everything else is a cause, not a consequence.
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Sociometer theory
Self esteem is a reflection of our social integration. Regulates behaviors to reconnect.
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Defensive self esteem
Claim of self esteem, defense against insecurities. May be more internal and unconscious (implicit). Narcissism
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Self efficacy
How do I feel about what I can do? Level of feeling capable to effectively perform tasks. Not global, but domain specific.
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Trait
Characteristic pattern of thought, feeling and behavior
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Character strengths
Positive traits
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Classification of strengths
Ubiquitous (cross cultural value), Fulfilling (related to well being), Morally valued (not just for what it can help you achieve), elevating (using strength does not diminish other people), Trait-like (measurable), Distinct, Paragons and prodigies (see it embodied in a person), enabling institutions
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Temperance
Modesty, protection against things in excess
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Organismic Integration theory
Details the different forms of extrinsic motivation and the contextual factors that either inhibit or promote integration and internalization. Scale from Amotivated to Intrinsic
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Flourishing (Keyes)
Emotional, Psychological, Social
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Introjection
Based on self esteem. Avoid guilt or anxiety
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Heritability
set point 98% heritable, happiness 44-53%
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Reading 3- Subjective Well Being
Deci and Ryan. Factors for intrinsic motivation- autonomy, competence, relatedness, Cognitive Evaluation theory- factors that explain variability in intrinsic motivation,
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Existentialism
Experience is primary
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Humanism
Needs and values of people take precedence over material things
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Positive affectivity
extent to which someone experiences positive moods like joy
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Explanatory style
Tendency to believe that different events have the same sorts of causes
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Self expressive values
correspond to one's need to express talents, capabilities and potentials
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Terminal value
belief about an ideal state of existence. (a comfortable life, a world at peace, etc.)
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Value self confrontation
strategy of changing one's values by exposing them to contradiction among one's value priorities
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Instrumental values
Ideal modes of conduct that presumably aid and abet terminal values

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