Flourishing and Emotional Health

What is the mission of positive psychology?

• to improve a person's mental health
• to understand and foster the factors of that allow individuals, communities, and societies to flourish
• to to introduce new ideas into one's mind

Postive emotions undo lingering negative emotions

• True
• False

For most of the 20th century, psychological science focused on topics within human behavior and experience that were deemed frivolous.

• True
• False

True or False: Experiences of positive affect prompt individuals to engage with their environments and partake in activities.

• True
• False

What is the Broaden-and-Build Theory?

• The broaden-and-build theory in positive psychology suggests that positive emotions broaden one's awareness and help us cope with negative emotions.
• The broaden-and-build theory in positive psychology expresses how being kind to others makes you happy.
• The broaden-and-build theory in positive psychology implies that people who are negative all the time are miserable.
• The broaden-and-build theory in positive psychology is the causation of increased productivity in a healthy enviornment.

What does ANTS stand for in Positive Psychology?

• Automatic Negative Thoughts
• Autonomous Navigation Technology
• Antisocial Neurotic Tendencies
• Advanced Neurological Thermodynamics

People identified with flourishing mental health experienced _________

• Depressive lows in mental health
• Permanent happiness
• Nirvana
• Bigger boosts in positive emotion

Positive emotions serve as markers of _______

• Flourishing
• Independence
• Mental Health
• Isolation

Positive emotions broaden people's _________ repertoires

• Cause-Effect
• Thought-Action
• Negative-Positive
• Positive-Negative

Which ones of these is a way can people improve their overall happiness?

• Exploring hobbies
• Spending time with people they value
• Having a positive outlook on life and it's obstacles
• All of the above