Positive Psychology
The term for the exploration of human strengths, well-being, and factors that contribute to leading a healthy happy life. Also the name of this unit!
What is Positive Psychology?
What is 40%
Setting aside a few minutes a day to focus on your breathing, each inhale and exhale, and gently bringing your attention back to the moment when your mind wanders is an example of this.
What is Mindfulness?
Physical
The definition of the word "Perseverance" is this
This is the word for continuing to work towards a goal despite obstacles
Well-Being is another word for _________
Happiness
According to the world happiness report, Americans have been becoming ________happy in recent years.
What is "Less"?
Practicing Mindfulness has many benefits on your health. Name 1
reducing stress, better sleep, longer life, healthier heart, greater focus...
Making sure you call your friends and families and stay connected with them fulfills this domain of Self-Care.
What is Relationship?
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and negative emotional experiences
What is Resilience?
In the past, the study of psychology has focused more on ____________, but today it focuses more on _________________.
What is Wrong With You/What is Right With You
Studies show that in the US, as incomes increase, what happens to happiness?
It stays the same
What does the term "Helper's High" refer to?
The positive emotional boost experienced from engaging in acts of kindness and helping others
The practice of recognizing and appreciating the positive aspects of life and the kindness of others.
What is Gratitude?
The tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long-term goals
What is Grit?
In the PERMA Model of Well-Being, the P stands for what?
What is positive emotion?
Sad music actually doesn't make us sad. What percentage of people report they actually feel sad after sad music?
What is 25%?
What happens to oxytocin (the love hormone) levels in our body after we do relate acts of kindness, according to research?
Ocytocin levels increase
According to the VIA Institute on Character, there are ______ identified character strengths.
What is 24?
In the video we watched on resilience, the teachers uses ________ to show her young students what the word resilience means?
Little dolls that pop back up after they get knocked down.
In the PERMA Model of Well-Being, the M stands for what?
Meaning
Studies show that money "does" buy happiness if the money is spent on _______
helping others.
The ability to understand and share the feelings of others is known as what?
What is "Empathy"?
Playing a game or doing a puzzle would satisfy what domain of Self-care?
What is Mental?
True or False- People either have resilience or they don't. It doesn't change.
False