Science of Happiness Final Exam -
Questions With Complete Solutions
Hedonism (2) ✔️Ans - -pain and pleasure are the only motivators
-temporary happiness
Hedonic Treadmill ✔️Ans - desire for something material or drugs ->
amplified by media ->you get it -> you adapt to it and you get bored of it ->
need a higher dose of it or more expensive material goods -> the treadmill
continues.. proved by the lottery study!!
Flow (2) ✔️Ans - -immersing yourself into the moment
-using and improving your signature skills and strengths
-level of difficulty matches level of skill so time passes quickly, because you
are enthralled in the action
Who came up with Flow? ✔️Ans - Csikszentmihalyi
PERMA ✔️Ans - Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning,
Achievements
Who came up with Perma? ✔️Ans - Seligman
Willpower is like a what? ✔️Ans - Muscle. It gets tired after awhile.
What is willpower necessary for? ✔️Ans - Self control and change
Can willpower be depleted? ✔️Ans - YES! It's not an unlimited resource.
Who did the chocolate and radish experiment? ✔️Ans - Baumeister (wrote
about the need to belong, and wrote about willpower). Proved that willpower
is not unlimited.
What are the 3 main positive interventions? ✔️Ans - 1. Gratitude Visit
2. Little acts of kindness
3. 3 Good Things
, What are the two passions and what are they? ✔️Ans - Harmonious
passion- works with your life and elevates you, intrinsically motivated
Obsessive passion- consumes you and deflates you, extrinsically motivated
Who did the passion studies? ✔️Ans - Vallerand et all.
What are your top 5 signature strengths? ✔️Ans - 1. appreciation of
excellence and beauty
2. capacity to love and be loved
3. cautiousness and prudence
4. gratitude
5. curiosity and interest in the world around you
What was your last signature strength? ✔️Ans - creativity and originality
What did the Nun Study test? ✔️Ans - Explanatory Style- how they explain
the world around them
What did the Nun study prove? ✔️Ans - That if you have a more positive
explanatory style you are more likely to live a longer and healthier life.
What is CBT? ✔️Ans - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What are automatic thoughts? ✔️Ans - They are thoughts that stream
throughout consciousness.
What are cognitive errors? ✔️Ans - they are distorted automatic thoughts
What are some examples of cognitive errors? ✔️Ans - mind reading
fortune telling
catastrophizing
discounting positives
labeling
negative filtering
overgeneralizing
all or nothing thinking
emotional reasoning
should and must statements
personalizing
Questions With Complete Solutions
Hedonism (2) ✔️Ans - -pain and pleasure are the only motivators
-temporary happiness
Hedonic Treadmill ✔️Ans - desire for something material or drugs ->
amplified by media ->you get it -> you adapt to it and you get bored of it ->
need a higher dose of it or more expensive material goods -> the treadmill
continues.. proved by the lottery study!!
Flow (2) ✔️Ans - -immersing yourself into the moment
-using and improving your signature skills and strengths
-level of difficulty matches level of skill so time passes quickly, because you
are enthralled in the action
Who came up with Flow? ✔️Ans - Csikszentmihalyi
PERMA ✔️Ans - Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning,
Achievements
Who came up with Perma? ✔️Ans - Seligman
Willpower is like a what? ✔️Ans - Muscle. It gets tired after awhile.
What is willpower necessary for? ✔️Ans - Self control and change
Can willpower be depleted? ✔️Ans - YES! It's not an unlimited resource.
Who did the chocolate and radish experiment? ✔️Ans - Baumeister (wrote
about the need to belong, and wrote about willpower). Proved that willpower
is not unlimited.
What are the 3 main positive interventions? ✔️Ans - 1. Gratitude Visit
2. Little acts of kindness
3. 3 Good Things
, What are the two passions and what are they? ✔️Ans - Harmonious
passion- works with your life and elevates you, intrinsically motivated
Obsessive passion- consumes you and deflates you, extrinsically motivated
Who did the passion studies? ✔️Ans - Vallerand et all.
What are your top 5 signature strengths? ✔️Ans - 1. appreciation of
excellence and beauty
2. capacity to love and be loved
3. cautiousness and prudence
4. gratitude
5. curiosity and interest in the world around you
What was your last signature strength? ✔️Ans - creativity and originality
What did the Nun Study test? ✔️Ans - Explanatory Style- how they explain
the world around them
What did the Nun study prove? ✔️Ans - That if you have a more positive
explanatory style you are more likely to live a longer and healthier life.
What is CBT? ✔️Ans - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What are automatic thoughts? ✔️Ans - They are thoughts that stream
throughout consciousness.
What are cognitive errors? ✔️Ans - they are distorted automatic thoughts
What are some examples of cognitive errors? ✔️Ans - mind reading
fortune telling
catastrophizing
discounting positives
labeling
negative filtering
overgeneralizing
all or nothing thinking
emotional reasoning
should and must statements
personalizing
