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What is Positive Psychology
What is Happiness
Positive Emotion
Happiness Interventions
Strengths & Virtues
100
The definition of positive psychology
What is "The science and applications related to the study of psychological strengths and positive emotions"
100
The type of happiness involving immediate sensory gratification
What is Hedonism
100
This study showed that expressions of positive emotion in early adulthood predicted longevity.
What is The Nun Study
100
Intervening before problems occur to prevent their appearance
What is primary prevention
100
A system of strengths and virtues meant to describe "life above zero," similar to the DSM for weaknesses
What is the Values in Action Project
200
The way positive psychologists find out if wealth makes us happy
What is the scientific approach
200
The type of happiness that does NOT have a long philosophical tradition
What is Engagement
200
A type of emotion that narrows our thought-action repertoires
What is negative emotion
200
Eating healthy to manage diabetes is an example of...
What is secondary prevention
200
The virtue that involves emotional strengths
What is Courage
300
According to Seligman, psychology is really good at this.
What is helping people not be miserable
300
The type of happiness that involves living a meaningful life
What is Eudaimonia
300
The immediate effect of positive emotion (according to the Broaden-and-Build theory)
What is broadening our thinking (and our thought-action repertoires)
300
The happiness intervention showing the largest pretest-to-posttest increase in happiness in Seligman et al.'s (2005) study
What is the gratitude visit
300
Why competitiveness is not a character strength in the VIA system
What is, it is not ubiquitous (or - it may diminish rather than elevate others; or - no clearly negative opposite)
400
1998
What is the year of Martin Seligman's APA presidential address advocating for a positive approach in psychology
400
The type of happiness most similar to Abraham Maslow's concept of self-actualization
What is Eudaimonia
400
A type of coping that acts as a resource in the long term, when dealing with uncontrollable stressors
What is positive reappraisal
400
Two characteristics of effective prevention programs are:
What are (a) Provide knowledge of the behavior to be prevented/desired, (b) attractive, (c) teach problem-solving skills, (d) change norms that reinforce bad behaviors and (e) involve parents
400
The VIA strength with the strongest relationship with life satisfaction
What is Hope
500
The event that led to the rise of psychotherapy in psychology
What is World War II
500
According to Sonia Lyubomirsky, the factor that accounts for 50% of the variation in people's set-points for happiness
What is Genetics
500
The positivity ratio that is speculated to be "too high" by Fredrickson and Losada (2005)
What is 11 to 1
500
Seligman et al.'s (2005) study is probably high on _______ validity but questionable on _______ validity
What is "internal" (high) and "external" (questionable)
500
Seligman et al. (2005) found that their "Using your signature strengths" intervention increased happiness for this length of time
What is at least 6 months