PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture 3: 3 - Positive Emotions
8 Dec 2015
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The hedonic tradition: aristippus not just sensual pleasure, freud sexuality and aggression, most modern research in this tradition happiness, or. The eduaimonic tradition: aristotle life of moral, intellectual virtue. We learn these things: rogers, maslow leading a life that has meaning, purpose, values, that contributes to the world around us; this is what the good life and true happiness is all about. Process theories: csikszentmihalyi autotelic activities, snyder hope = goal expectancy, meaningfulness as goal selection. Modern empirical tradition: ed diener since early 1980s, past president of aps, current president of ippa (pa) Positive and negative affect scale: 20 item, 5-choice likert scale ( very slightly to extremely ) Positive emotions: interested, excited, strong, enthusiastic, proud, alert, inspired, determined, attentive, active. Negative emotions: distressed, upset, guilty, scared, hostile, irritable, ashamed, nervous, jittery, afraid. Low numbers reflect low levels of happiness, high levels = high levels of happiness. 5 items, 7-choice likert scale (strongly agree strongly disagree)
