ECPY370 Exam 2 Study Guide Questions AND Correct Answers
3 main problems that result from over choice - ✔✔1.
information problems (difficulty gathering and
processing information)
2. error problems (more mistakes in decision making)
3. psychological problems (anxiety, depression,
disappointment, decreased satisfaction after choice)
3 main types of coping strategies - ✔✔- Problem-
focused: focus on solving the problem.
- Emotion-focused: finding a way to deal with emotions
you face (e.g., talking, venting, meditation).
- Avoidant coping: avoid problem and emotions
affiliation - ✔✔adaptive defense mechanism
Seeking connection with others; without deliberately
using it as a coping strategy.
anticipation - ✔✔adaptive defense mechanism
,Emotionally preparing for potentially unfavorable
outcomes of challenging situations.
balanced time perspective - ✔✔High on past-positive
and future.
Medium on present-hedonistic.
Low on past-negative and present-fatalistic.
- benefits: a balanced time perspective aligns well with
the time affluence vs. time poverty model by Tim Kasser
(those who experience time poverty feel they have too
many things to do and not enough time to do them).
berlin's theory of wisdom - ✔✔defines wisdom as
knowledge about fundamental life pragmatics,
including concern with conduct, purpose, and the
meaning of life.
(1) Rich factual knowledge about pragmatics
(2) Rich knowledge of how to deal with these
pragmatics
(3) Knowledge about many themes and contexts of life
, (4) Recognition and tolerance of differences in beliefs
and values
(5) Recognition and management of uncertainty and
tolerance of ambiguity
CAPP's limitation - ✔✔- costs money to take
- many strengths (too many?)
CAPP's realize 2 - ✔✔60 strengths in 4 domains (classify
based on whether strengths energize, enhance
performance, and are used frequently)
- realized strengths (those that are used often) = build
- unrealized strengths (those that are not used often) =
maximize
- learned behaviors (those that do not energize us) = use
only when necessary
- weaknesses (those that we perform poorly on) =
manage
costs of maximization - ✔✔- Regret
3 main problems that result from over choice - ✔✔1.
information problems (difficulty gathering and
processing information)
2. error problems (more mistakes in decision making)
3. psychological problems (anxiety, depression,
disappointment, decreased satisfaction after choice)
3 main types of coping strategies - ✔✔- Problem-
focused: focus on solving the problem.
- Emotion-focused: finding a way to deal with emotions
you face (e.g., talking, venting, meditation).
- Avoidant coping: avoid problem and emotions
affiliation - ✔✔adaptive defense mechanism
Seeking connection with others; without deliberately
using it as a coping strategy.
anticipation - ✔✔adaptive defense mechanism
,Emotionally preparing for potentially unfavorable
outcomes of challenging situations.
balanced time perspective - ✔✔High on past-positive
and future.
Medium on present-hedonistic.
Low on past-negative and present-fatalistic.
- benefits: a balanced time perspective aligns well with
the time affluence vs. time poverty model by Tim Kasser
(those who experience time poverty feel they have too
many things to do and not enough time to do them).
berlin's theory of wisdom - ✔✔defines wisdom as
knowledge about fundamental life pragmatics,
including concern with conduct, purpose, and the
meaning of life.
(1) Rich factual knowledge about pragmatics
(2) Rich knowledge of how to deal with these
pragmatics
(3) Knowledge about many themes and contexts of life
, (4) Recognition and tolerance of differences in beliefs
and values
(5) Recognition and management of uncertainty and
tolerance of ambiguity
CAPP's limitation - ✔✔- costs money to take
- many strengths (too many?)
CAPP's realize 2 - ✔✔60 strengths in 4 domains (classify
based on whether strengths energize, enhance
performance, and are used frequently)
- realized strengths (those that are used often) = build
- unrealized strengths (those that are not used often) =
maximize
- learned behaviors (those that do not energize us) = use
only when necessary
- weaknesses (those that we perform poorly on) =
manage
costs of maximization - ✔✔- Regret
