Well-Being
What is the hedonic treadmill?
What is the constant pursuit of hedonism
What is Oxytocin?
What is the neurotransmitter of connectedness.
Name at least 3 things that drain willpower
What are:decision making, taking initiatives, multi-tasking, restraining impulses, sleep deprivation, substances (alcohol and drugs), low blood sugar
Who created PERMA?
Who is Martin Seligman
Between what hours of sleep to athletes typically get a night?
What is 10-12
What does the acronym PERMA stand for?
What is Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment
What is a common thread seen through happy marriages that keep them together?
What is they ACTUALLY like their partner as a person/friendship
What is choice paralysis?
What is the state of over-thinking aa decision to the point that a choice never gets made, creating inaction.
What is the difference between expertise and excellence?
What does BDNF stand for? Hint: It's what is created when we exercise
What is Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor?
Does money buy happiness?
What is to an extent
What are the 3 attachment styles?
What are securely attached, avoidant, and ambivalent
What are the stages of change?
What is Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
Does having children increase our happiness?
What is no, but it increases meaning
Draw me the Yerkes-Dodson Law
On board should look like an upside down bell curve with performance on the y-axis and stress on the x-axis
What is Set Point Theory?
What is the theory that well-being is a relatively stable construct of behavior, genetics, and circumstances. (Well-being is 50% genetics, 40% intentional activities, and 10% life circumstances).
Order the activities from highest to lowest in terms of positive affect: socializing, exercising, eating, working, watching TV
What is socializing, eating, exercising, watching TV, working
What is Mild-Impact Procrastination?
What is when non-urgent unimportant things get put off like laundry.
What created the freshman fifteen?
What is 17 magazine
What is the difference between stress, anxiety/worry, and fear?
Stress: Something we care about it at stake
Worry/Anxiety: Response/thoughts about an unknown threat
Fear: Focusing on a known external danger
How do you challenge negativity bias? Give me 2 of the 3 things
What is challenge negative self-talk, practice mindfulness, savor positive moments
What is Equity Theory and describe some of its "currency"
What is a theory that assumes people calculate the costs and benefits of interacting with others. Currency can include: goods, information, love, money, services, status
What is the #1 prevention of a single depressive episode and the #1 prevention of recurrent depressive episodes?
What is sleep and connectedness respectively
Tell me 4 characteristics of deliberate practice
What are: goal setting, role of parents/mentors, immediate feedback, access to resources needed, 5 hours per day max, technique rather than full pieces, NOT IN FLOW
Give me 5 of the 6 thinking traps mentioned in lecture
What are: Mind Reading, Overgeneralization, Catastrophizing, All-or-Nothing Thinking, Mental Filter, Labeling