Positive Psychology

Question 1

The primary difference between positive psychology approaches and other therapy
approaches is that positive psychology focuses on

Answer 1

: building character strengths.

Question 2

A state characterized by positive emotions, a strong sense of personal meaning, good work,
and positive relationships is referred to as

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flourishing

Question 3

Which of the following theorists felt that negatives were an indispensable element of human
existence and assumed defenses were built to repress these conflicts and manage the
unbearable anxiety they caused?

Answer 3

Sigmund Freud

Question 4

In the treatment of many psychological disorders, including depression, evidence-based
therapies and pharmacotherapy both hit a ceiling at about

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65%.

Question 5

Positive psychology emerged because

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psychotherapy has become largely a science of victimology.

Question 6

Positive psychotherapy is not intended

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: to replace traditional therapeutic approaches

Question 7

Since its inception, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual(s) created by the American Psychiatric
Association has catalogued hundreds of psychiatric symptoms for disorders, but it only began
including a single and coherent classification of strengths in

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2004

Question 8

When people tend to overthink negative emotions, all of the following symptoms EXCEPT
_________ often result.

Answer 8

curiosity

Question 9

Which of the following often results from heritable personality traits?

Answer 9

Anger

Question 10

Which of the following therapies has been shown to be effective in treating affective and
anxiety disorders?

Answer 10

Cognitive behavior therapy

Question 11

Which of the following from the PERMA model requires the active use of strengths and
close monitoring of situational fluctuations to make timely changes in behavior?

Answer 11

Accomplishment

Question 12

Which of the following virtues describes an individuals strengths that underlie healthy
community life?

Answer 12

Justice

Question 13

Being aware of ones blessings and taking time to express thanks (i.e., gratitude) is
considered a character strength under which of the virtues?

Answer 13

Transcendence

Question 14

Which of the following from the PERMA model is the dimension of well-being that relates to
the pursuit of involvement, absorption in work, intimate relations, and leisure

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Engagement

Question 15

Chris Peterson would argue that many psychological disorders could be understood as

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an absence or excess of character strengths

Question 16

The 24 character strengths in the VIA classification are subsumed under six broader
categories called

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virtues

Question 17

A full life is

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more than the sum of pleasure, engagement, and meaning.

Question 18

Csikszentmihalyi coined the term flow to refer to

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a psychological state brought about by intense concentration.

Question 19

The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths is administered online to clients in positive
psychotherapy to identify

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signature strengths

Question 20

Character strengths are distinguished from which of the following?

Answer 20

Talents and abilities

Question 21

Who has proposed a model for evaluating psychological disorders and addresses each of
the 24 VIA strengths?

Answer 21

Chris Peterson

Question 22

Which of the following virtues is defined as interpersonal strengths that involve tending and
befriending others?

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Humanity

Question 23

In the traditional format, positive psychotherapy is offered in which of the following number
of sessions?

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14

Question 24

Severe outbursts of temper come under which disorder?

Answer 24

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

Question 25

In treating patients with narcissistic personality disorder with positive psychotherapy, therapists must be mindful of the fact that

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identification of character strengths may exaggerate the clients inflated self-view.

Question 26

Which of the following types of clients might NOT find positive psychotherapy effective?

Answer 26

Those expecting a linear progression in symptom reduction

Question 27

Studies evaluating positive psychotherapy have found that the positive psychotherapy exercises

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can be altered in sequence as needed.

Question 28

To date, positive psychotherapy tends to show the most benefit for clients presenting with

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depressive disorders.

Question 29

Which of the following is a symptom of bipolar disorder?

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Irritable mood

Question 30

: Attempts to apply positive psychotherapy with children and adolescents have found that

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treatment increases well-being and decreases behavioral problems

Question 31

: Which of the following emotional strengths does NOT involve the exercise of will to accomplish goals in the face of external or internal opposition?

Answer 31

Perspective

Question 32

Positive psychotherapy would assert that it has vast appeal across cultural groups because, in contrast to Western cultures definition of happiness, positive psychotherapy equates happiness with

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pursuit of a good life

Question 33

When positive psychotherapy is conducted internationally, therapists must be mindful of the fact that character strengths

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may manifest differently across cultural groups

Question 34

Melanie Bay conducted a study in 2012 evaluating the impact of group positive psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and medication on depressive symptoms in French patients. Bay found that

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clients receiving positive psychotherapy experienced greater therapeutic benefits

Question 35

In a 2010 study, Moeenizadeh and Salagame found Iranian clients in well-being therapy (i.e., a treatment similar to positive psychotherapy) fared

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better than those receiving CBT.