Vocab
The tendency for human happiness to return to a set point.
What is Hedonic Adaptation?
An abbreviation for how to create an ideal Goal.
The tendency for humans to focus more on bad events than good ones.
What is Negativity Bias?
The upper left corner of the hamburger model, in which a behavior is detrimental to your current level of happiness, but beneficial to your long-term happiness.
What is Rat Race?
This influences about 50% of our overall happiness.
What are genetics?
Nonjudgemental awareness of one's current thoughts and circumstances.
What is Mindfulness?
What are WOOP goals?
What is Memory Reconsolidation?
The section of the hamburger model in which an action is beneficial to both present and future happiness.
What is True Happiness ?
The chemical primarily responsible for motivation and pleasure.
What is dopamine?
A state of mind following a period of stress; in which the person does not believe their actions matter.
What is Learned Helplessness?
The "R" in "SMART".
What is "Relevancy" ?
Two humans experiencing the same event at the same time will still have differing perspectives on said event.
What is Subjective Reality?
The category of the hamburger model in which procrastination, bad habits, and instant gratification fall.
What is Hedonism?
The brain's tendency to physically change as neurons are firing.
When someone performs a task so often that they begin to dream and pattern their thoughts after said task; such as playing a video game.
The "P" in WOOP.
What is "Plan"?
The tendency for humans to miss obvious events or characteristics because they are focused on other tasks.
What is Inattentional Blindness?
The category of the hamburger model in which self harm, doom scrolling, starting fights, and other harmful behaviors fall.
What is Nihilism?
The chemicals in the brain (affectionately called "goo") that are responsible for sending messages.
What are Neurotransmitters?
The period of sleep in which we dream and process information.
Being more likely to experience an event because you are anticipating it happening. The brain's model of the existing world based on prior experience.
What is Predictive Encoding?
The ideal proportions of how to receive dopamine.
What are frequent, small doses?