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List all 5 vocabulary words that you have learned from our group.
Hedonometer, Psychological valence, Representative sample, Self-absorbed, and Restorative benefits.
The daughter has wanted this doll for a long time, and when she received it, she was very glad. The psychological valence of her is negative. Do you think this sentence is correct or incorrect, and why?
It should have been Positive psychological valence because she was glad.
After a walk in the park, you feel refreshed and relaxed. This is an example of:
a) Restorative benefits
b) hedonometer
c) self-absorbed
A) Restorative benefits
Your friend wanted to survey the âaverage sleeping habitsâ in school. They decided to include sample of students by selecting participants randomly. The sample also includes every gender, classroom or program, wide range of age group, and etc. Which word represents this situation the most and why?
Representative sample
This person often does not pay attention to others and talks only about themselves. What word would you use to describe them? And if it were you, how could you change from talking only about yourself to being more considerate toward the people around you?
Self-absorbedâ you can start being more considerate by asking how their days are going.
The teacher put a hedonometer in the classroom to see which student talks the most.
What is the incorrect part in the sentence and why?This is an incorrect use because Hedonometers measure emotional happiness, not behaviors like talking.
A researcher wanted to measure the trend of studentsâ pleasant feelings after an exam. However, They noticed from talking to students that some felt happy, while some felt distressed. Therefore, They decided to use a special device to measure studentsâ mood by calculating from studentsâ emotional happiness tone of words written in School Opinion Survey. Pick 2 words that align with the situation and briefly explain why?
Psychological valence and Hedonometer
1. After running a 5 km race, a person who loves running feels physically tired but mentally energized and more focused.
2. After scrolling social media for an hour, a person feels temporarily entertained but mentally drained and stressed.
Which of these scenarios represents restorative benefits, and why? Additionally, give an example of an activity from your own daily life that provides you with restorative benefits. (E.g., sleeping, jogging, or anything)
Scenario 1: Yes, because the activity is enjoyable and restores mental focus and mood, and in the long term, it improves physical health.
Scenario 2: No, because scrolling social media does not reduce stress or restore mental energy
Using any of the five words youâve learned, create a short scenario (1â2 sentences).
Explain how the word is being used.
For example,
Scenario: Scientists analyzed thousands of tweets using a hedonometer to see how happy people felt after a holiday.
Explanation: Hedonometer is used here to measure collective happiness by analyzing large-scale text data.
You want to see whether your classmates are happy about developmental psychology class. You create a survey response for their opinions. How would you measure and calculate it into data to see if they are happy?
Use a Hedonometer by feeding their words into it and calculate into a data.
What is the difference between restorative benefits and afterglow effects?
A school wants to survey students in a Math-Science class about how much they like English. The class has 60% female and 40% male students. They sampled 20 students, but the sample included 19 males and 1 females. How is this incorrect and how would you improve it?
It is not a representative sample because the selected sample does not match with the population. The percentage of females is more than males but the sample of males is greater. It should be 12 females and 8 males. You can improve by matching the proportion of sample and population.