PSC 154 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Extraversion And Introversion, Psychopathology, Mind-Wandering
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Contacting people as they engage in their everyday activities and asking them to report their thoughts, feelings, and actions at that moment. People"s minds wander and when their minds wander this causes them to be unhappy. The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost. For a variable to be necessary for happiness, virtually every happy person should possess that variable (i. e. , if happy, then x). Highly social, and had stronger romantic and other social relationships. They were more extraverted, agreeable, and less neurotic. The happiest people rarely feel euphoria or ecstasy. Members of the happiest group experienced positive, but not ecstatic, feelings most of the time, and they reported occasional negative moods. This suggests that very happy people do have a functioning emotion system that can react appropriately to life events.
