Dr. Hill - EXDM 300 (Creating a Good Life through Experience Design): Midterm 1 Review Questions And Answers Graded A+

1. Be open 2. Create high-quality connections 3. Cultivate kindness 4. Develop distractions 5. Dispute negative thinking 6. Find nearby nature 7. Learn and apply your strengths 8. Meditate mindfully 9. Meditate on loving kindness 10. Ritualize gratitude 11. Savor positivity 12. Visualize your future - Positivity toolkit. 1. Brain synchronicity 2. Common oxytocin waves 3. Builds capacity of the vagus nerve - biological impacts of love 1. Indian Tribes of British Columbia intentionally choose new challenges by moving periodically. 2. Citizens of nations that are more affluent, better educated and ruled by more stable governments report higher levels of satisfaction with life. 3. But an important paradox is the great availability of leisure that fails to be translated into enjoyment (flow). - Maximizes flow 1. Industrial Revolution reduced individual opportunity for autotelic opportunities 2. The Ik of Uganda institutionalized selfishness3. The Yonomamo of Venezuela worship violence - Minimize flow 3:1 - Losada Ratio A false smile (like the one flight attendants are trained to use) - Am Pan Smile A true smile (wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and mouth, engages facial muscles) - Duchenne Smile According to Barbara Frederickson what does happiness do to us? - opens us up, builds resources Activities that alter consciousness by scrambling ordinary perception - Ilinx Activities where alternative realities are created - Mimicry Autotelic Experience - an end in itself, self-contained activity, intrinsically rewarding Bandura's Self Efficacy Theory - belief in one's ability to complete a task benefit in the present, benefit in the future - (best burger) happiness benefit in the present, detriment in the future - (junk food burger) hedonism Changes to Authentic Happiness Theory - title, topic, measure, goal Co-development suggests the act of learning and becoming competent in one area... - enhances learning and development in other areas Cognitive Restructuring - recognizing the similarities between seemingly disparate activitiesDetriment in the present, benefit in the future - (vegetarian burger) rat race Detriment in the present, detriment in the future - (worst burger) nihilism Elements of family flow - clarity, centering, choice, commitment, challenge elements of flow - 1. Challenging Activity that Requires Skill 2. Participate effortlessly with deep involvement 3. Clear Goals 4. Immediate Feedback 5. Concentration on the Task at Hand 6. Sense of Control 7. Loss of Self-Consciousness 8. Perception of Time is Altered