SOH Final Flashcards
(99 cards)
Three Pillars. Until the 40’s Psychology had 3 distinct missions:
Curing mental illness, Exploring how to foster more fulfilling and production lives, and understanding and developing high potential.
What happened to the Three Pillars during WW2?
All efforts went into curing mental illness.
Between 1960-2000: ratio of studies on challenges for wellbeing vs improvements to wellbeing?
21:1
Martin Seligman
Father of learned optimism, reintroduces the study of human strengths and virtues, brings together top scientists to study well-being.
Martin Seligman belief/quote
There shouldn’t be positive and negative psychology separately. Quote about it being half-baked.
Definition of opinion
A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Definition of fact
A thing that is known or proven to be true
Hedonism (the pleasurable life)
Pain and pleasure are the only motivators
*Hedonic treadmill (explain and draw)
Also known as hedonic adaptation. People pursue hedonism thinking it will bring them permanent happiness but it wont. Humans return to a stable level of happiness regardless of how positive or negative the life event. DRAW GRAPH
PERMA (what’s it stand for)
Positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment. Each element has 3 properties. It contributes to well being, people pursue it for it’s own sake, and it is defined and measured independently
Set Point Theory
Well-being is a stable construct of behavior, genetics, and circumstance
Negativity Bias
We attend to, learn from, and use negative information far more than positive information.
3 Ways to Challenge Negativity Bias
Challenge negative self talk, practice mindfulness, savor positive moments
Broaden and build vs narrow and constrict
“Positive emotions broaden people’s ideas about possible actions, opening their awareness to wider ranges of thoughts and actions than are typical for them.”
Definition of Love
An Interpersonally situated experience in which there are momentary increases in positive emotion sharing (positivity resonance), mutual care, and some synchronization of partners’ biological and behavioral processes.” –Barbara Fredrickson
Oxytocin
A Biochemical Basis of Connectedness. Encourages trust and generosity. Surges during pregnancy and relationships
Perspectives on love (2 theories)
Attachment theory and equity theory
Attachment theory
The study of how human beings respond within relationships when hurt, separated from loved ones, or perceiving a threat.
Strange situation test conclusions (Mary Ainsworth)
Supportive and affectionate parent can lead to securely attached child, Emotionally unavailable parent can lead to avoidant child, and Critical or rejecting parent can lead to ambivalent child
Equity Theory
Equity Theory assumes that people calculate costs and benefits involved in interacting with others (an “economic” theory). According to the theory, equitable relationships last, and inequitable ones break up.
Positive relationships (4 effects)
distinguish the happiest 10 percent of people, predict more individual learning behavior, 7x likelier to be engaged in jobs,
produce higher quality work, and have higher wellbeing, more engaged and longer focus`
Social Baseline Theory
SBT suggests the human brain expects access to social relationships that mitigate risk and diminish the level of effort needed to meet a variety of goals.
Quote from seligman and Peterson about their book character strengths and virtues and about positive psychology
“Psychology is not in a position to prescribe the moral life but is well equipped to describe the what, how,
and why of good character.”
Signature strengths (benefits of using)
More likely to take personal initiative, learn, have increased performance and harmonious passion, be engaged in jobs
