PSY4850 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXAM Q A

PSY4850 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXAM Q & A

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Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ At First Attempt According to Bandura, what is self-efficacy? What are the developmental antecedents of self-efficacy? - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Belief that you can accomplish goals, based on a sese of personal control

• "Peoples beliefs in the capabilities to produce desired effects by their own actions"
• Developmental antecedents
• Previous similar successes

ii. Modeling iii. Imagery/ visualization iv. Verbal persuasion: individuals in your life that are encouraging/ validating

• Arousal and emotion: certain level of arousal to function normally, too much will make

us not be able to focus. Positive emotions; hopeful

According to Boehm and Lyubomirsky, what is the nature of the relationship between

happiness and successful work performance? - CORRECT ANSWER: Boehm and

Lyubomirsky (2008) inves-tigated this relationship in the other direction, asking instead if happy people might have more career success overall. After reviewing a number of different studies in this area of research, they concluded that it is often the case that happiness is a precursor to career success. According to this review, happy people are often regarded as stronger performers by others in the workplace (Cropanzano & Wright, 1999). Further, Boehm and Lyubomirsky cite studies such as that by Burger and Caldwell (2000) that found happy individuals were more likely to receive a second interview for a job when compared to counterparts who were less happy. Happiness may also be a positive motivator for individuals striving for various career-related goals (Haase, Poulin, & Heckhausen, 2012). Boehm and Lyubomirsky also reported on a study by Roberts, Caspi, and Moffitt (2003). The results of this study showed a trend for those who scored higher on well-being measures in late adolescence as having more positive work outcomes in early adulthood. Thus, the relationship between happiness and performance may be bidirectional.

According to Csikszentmihalyi, what are the characteristics of an autotelic personality?What is the relationship between having an autotelic personality and the ability to

achieve flow? - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Cluster of personality variables related to

ability to achieve flow

• Preference for high action- opportunity, high skill situations
• Tend to experience little stress when in low gaud

According to Keyes, what is the difference between flourishing and languishing? How do you see yourself in relation to Keyes' model? - CORRECT ANSWER: Flourishing: Flourishing is complete mental health, and administering high levels of emotional, psychological and social well-being 1 / 2

Languishing: Languishing is incomplete mental health, administering low levels of emotional, psychological and social well-being

According to Maddux, what is collective self-efficacy? - CORRECT ANSWER: a. The

degree to which a group of people believe they can work together to accomplished shared goals.

• "the extent to which we believe that we can work together effectively to accomplish

our goals"

• No agreement on how to measure

ii. Plays a role in classrooms and work teams

According to Masten, what are the three categories of protective factors for psychological resilience in children and youth? Identify at least two examples

associated with each category. - CORRECT ANSWER: In the child

Problem soliving skills Self regulation skills for self control of attention, arousal, and impulses In the family and close relationships Positive attachment relationships Organized home environment In the community and relationships with organizations Effective schools High levels of public safety

According to Seligman, how do optimists and pessimists differ in how they explain bad

events. - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Optimists make external, variable and specific

attributions for failure

• Ex: take a test in class and don't do well- the test was too hard, he asked to many

tricky questions, I had other tests/ assignments to worry about, I haven't been sleeping well because I was sick- variable (I've done better on other tests and can do better on the next tests or that just a hard class for me.

• Pessimists make internal, stable, and global attributions for failure
• Ex: take a test in class and don't do well- so you think things like I'm pretty much a

failure in life, this is all my fault, never going to get better, this is how I am, why am I even in college - this is internal you blame yourself,- stable (it's my fault it's never going to change)- global ( I'm a failure in life in general not just school)P

According to Snyder, what is hope? What are the childhood antecedents of hope? -

CORRECT ANSWER: Emphasizes cognitions built on goal directed thought

According to your text, what are ways of enhancing empathy that can lead to an

increase in altruism? - CORRECT ANSWER: One simple approach is to have a person

interact more frequently with people who need help. Then, once the individual truly begins to understand the perspectives and motives of the people who are being helped, this insight breaks down the propensity to view interpersonal matters in terms of "us versus them."

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