PSYCH 3BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gratefulness, Social Animal, Psychophysiology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3BA3
• Professor: Richard B Day

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Gratitude as affective trait: more frequent experiences of gratitude, some people feel it more often than others do = difference in the tendency experiencing gratitude, more intense gratitude for event. I have so much in life to be thankful for . If i had to list everything that i felt thankful for, it would be a very long list . When i look at the world, i don"t see much to be grateful for . I am grateful to a wide variety of people . As i age i find myself more able to appreciate people, events, & situations that have been part of my life . Long amounts of time can go by before i feel grateful to something or someone : high scores = high amounts of trait gratitude, low scores = low amounts of trait gratitude. Individuals high in gratitude are low in envy: hard to be envious when you are grateful for everything you have.