Gaslighting
Gas lighter tries to dismiss or deny the victim's experiences
Denial and Contradiction
What percentage of happiness is determined by your genes?
50%
Factors that direct and energize people
Motivation
Maintain and steady internal state
Homeostasis
Basic needs of food, air, sleep
Physiological Needs
Gas lighters belittle the victim's emotions as being overly-sensitive
Diminishing and Trivializing
What percentage of happiness is determined by a person's job, money, health, and status?
10%
Theory that focuses on genetically predisposed behaviors ex..a baby crying
Instinct Theory
Goal is to maintain excitement
Optimum Arousal Theory
Need to achieve stability and security
Safety Need
Gas lighters manipulate the truth
Distorting Reality
Neurotransmitter that leads to happiness?
Dopamine
Theory that causes us to satify and need like hunger or thirst
Drive Reduction Theory
Created Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
Abraham Maslow
Need to belong and feel cared for
Loving/Belonging
Gas lighters deflect responsibility
Shifting Blame
What happens when people are more concerned with extrinsic goals?
They are less satisfied, and have more anxiety and depression
Arousal Theory
Top of the Maslow's pyramid
Self Actualization
Need to feel good about ourselves
Self-esteem Needs
Gas lighters limit the victim's access to family, friends, support systems.
Isolation
Which country is the least happy?
Japan
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Five Maslow's categories
Physiological Needs, Safety Needs, Love/Belonging, Esteem Needs, Self-Actualization
Need to be all we can be
Self-Actualization