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Positive Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is positive Psychology? | the study and enhancement of positive feelings, traits, and abilities |
| Psychological Well-Being | experiencing purpose and meaning in life through realizing one's potential. |
| Who created the self determination theory? | Edward Deci and Richard Ryan |
| Mission of Psychology before World War II | 1. cure mental illness 2. enhance the lives of the normal population 3. study geniuses |
| Origins of Positive Psychology | lates 90s, hoped to shift focus of psychology away from treating mental illness to also studying what makes life worth living |
| What is flow? | a completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with no awareness of self and time |
| Broad and Build Theory | experiencing positive emotions opens us to building upon ourselves physically and intellectually |
| Hedonic Model of Happiness | achieved through experiences of pleasure and enjoyment |
| Eudemonic Well-Being | achieved through experiences of meaning and purpose |
| P in the PERMA model | Positive emotion |
| E in the PERMA model | Engagement |
| R in the PERMA model | Relationships |
| M in the PERMA model | Meaning |
| A in the PERMA model | Achievement |
| Peak-End Rule/Theory | when we think of past experiences we are affected by the intensity of the experience and how it ended |
| Subjective Well-Being (SWB) | a self-reported measure of well-being, typically obtained by questionnaire |
| self-determination theory (SDT) | People can be self determinate when their 3 main components of life are fulfilled |
| Positive Psychology Interventions and Measurements | happiness journals, self evaluation survey, questionnaires, mindfulness walks, gratitude letters |
| What are the 3 main components of life in the self determination theory? | Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness |
| Who created the Broaden and Build Theory? | Cohen & Frendrickson |