Terms and Concepts
the ability to be kind and understanding towards oneself and others
What is Compassion and Self-Compassion?
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”
Who is Carl Rogers?
Regular practice of this positive psychology attribute lowers stress, improves sleep, and boosts life satisfaction.
What is Gratitude?
Write down three things that went well at the end of the day and note why they happened. Doing this weekly or daily shifts focus away from negative rumination.
What is the name of this positive psychology exercise?
What is Three Good Things?
What year was Martin Seligman elected the president of the APA?
What is 1998?
The mental ability to recover quickly from hard times.
What is Resilience?
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
Who is Viktor Frankl?
___________ increases happiness up to the point where basic needs are met; beyond that, material accumulation yields diminishing returns compared to experiences.
What is Money? (link between Wealth and Happiness)
What are Micro-Celebrations?
What is Acknowledge small daily wins with a physical cue (fist pump, deep breath) to anchor positive feedback loops
What is the approximate US income threshold where the daily emotional/well-being impact of additional money significantly flattens.
What is $70,000–$75,000?
a long-term state of well-being that is characterized by feelings of contentment, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose
What is Authentic Happiness?
“Once you start making the effort to ‘wake yourself up’—that is, be more mindful in your activities—you suddenly start appreciating life a lot more.”
Who is Robert Biswas-Diener?
the single most effective way to improve our mood when we feel down is to: ____________________
What is help someone else?
This branch of psychology challenges you to tap into your talents, interests, strengths, and virtues to improve your overall happiness and life satisfaction.
What is Character Strengths?
Explain the 3:1 Ratio (Positivity Tipping Point):
What is having at least 3 positive emotions/experiences for every 1 negative emotion helps people "flourish" rather than "languish"
a state of optimal mental health where you both feel good and function effectively most of the time, going far beyond mere happiness or the absence of illness
What is Flourishing?
“Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it’s not out there is that it’s inside us.”
Who is Sonja Lyubomirsky?
In this significant study, people who were surrounded by happy people were more likely to lead happy lives in the future. So if you want to discover more happiness in your life, make a point to surround yourself with joyful people. What is the name of the study?
What is The Dynamic Spread of Happiness?
This program helped soldiers recognize and use their strengths and become more resilient. And it was popular; the soldiers themselves rated it an unprecedented 4.9 out of 5.
It was staggeringly successful.
Before and after deployment in war zones, the Army found that the soldiers who received the training “improved in emotional fitness, active coping, and optimism and catastrophized less” (Seligman, 2019, p. 319).
What is the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program?
The average person rates themselves at _______ on a ten-point scale where 5 is neutral and 10 is the highest extreme of well-being.
What is 6.75?
What are the 5 concepts that make up the acronym PERMA?
“Painful feelings are, by their very nature, temporary. They will weaken over time as long as we don’t prolong or amplify them through resistance or avoidance. The only way to eventually free ourselves from debilitating pain, therefore, is to be with it as it is.”
Who is Kristin Neff?
Explain "the Happiness Formula." What is the equation, and what are the variables?
What is Subjective well-being (happiness) is shaped by a genetic set point, life circumstances, and voluntary/intentional acts (H = S + C + V).
What does PRP stand for in positive psychology, and what does it do?
What is The Penn Resiliency Program (PRP) aims “to increase students’ ability to handle day-to-day problems that are common during adolescence”. PRP teaches students resilience and an optimistic outlook by encouraging them to think realistically and flexibly about their problems
How many character strengths are there and name the 6 core virtue categories.
What is 24 character strengths,
Wisdom
Courage
Humanity
Justice
Temperance
Transcendence