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P Psychology Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who specified the term "positive psychology"? | Abraham Maslow |
| Reality Negotiation | The process by which people arrive at agreed upon world views or definitions |
| 2 Previous Positive Periods in Civilization | 5th Centure B.C. Athens and 15th Century Florence |
| Tao | The energy that surrounds everyone |
| Yin Yang | Balance between opposing forces and desires |
| The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths | Describes individual differences of character strengths |
| VIA-IS Six Virtues | 1. Wisdom and knowledge 2. Courage 3. Love and Humanity 4. Justice 5. Temperance 6. Spirituality, Transcendence |
| Ryff's Model of Psychological Well-Being | Self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy, positive relations with others |
| Agape Love | Selfless Love |
| What was the purpose of the report: Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, published in 2001? | To outline the historical understanding of why minority groups were racially inferior |
| What is found in all cultures that buffers people from developing mental disorders? | Resilience and adaptive ways of coping |
| SEcond important message from Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity regarding psychologists' behavior | Psychologists need to incorporate cultural issues into their treatments |
| Culture Counts | Culture counts in the etiology, effects, and treatment of psychological problems. |
| Snyder, Lopez, and Teramoto Pedrotti recommend future psychologists... | Count culture as major influence on strength and good living |
| Culture Free Understanding of Science and Practice | People can hold a neutral stance while examining universal traits and behaviors. |
| Culturally Embedded Perspective on Science and PRactice | People acknowledge the influence of cultural values in examining strength and positive functioning. |
| Genetically and Culturally Deficient Perspective on Human Diversity | Certain groups have great deficiencies of race and culture. Explains why they were dominated and oppressed by other groups |
| Culturally Different Perspective | Each culture has the full potential to grow because of the unique strengths engendered by that culture. |
| Craniometry | The relationship between skull characteristics and intelligence |
| Peterson and Seligman found and created a list of 24 what? | Personal characteristics that are universally shared by all cultures |
| Which group of psychologists approach their research with questions of "what is working" instead of "what is not working"? | Developmental Psychologists |
| Parsimonious definition of resiliance | Bouncing back |
| A person who is resilient must have... | risk or adversity present |
| What is the biggest help towards resiliency? | At least one caring adult |
| Participants in Terman's study of 1500 intellectually gifted children nickname themselves? | The "Termites" |
| Gifted children that had a high risk of mortality were most likely of having what type of explanatory style? | Catastrophizing |
| Successful Aging | Joy, Love, Learning |
| Which contextual factor promotes successful aging across studies? | Social support |
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