PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kinsey Reports, Lesion, Binge Eating
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Chapter 11: emotion and motivation: ii: positive psychology. Emphasizes human strengths, such as resilience, coping, life satisfaction, love and happiness: broaden and build theory. Happiness -> think more openly -> big picture . Facilitated by happiness: myths of happiness i. Myth: prime determinant of happiness is what happens to us . Ses and education account for less than 3% of what makes us happy ii. Below k/year = modest correlation; above k/year = no correlation iii. Happiness increases with age (60s, 70s), declines in 80s. Happiest group of people is men aged 65+ Positivity effect (view memories fondly, remember positive memories rather than negative ones) iv. Myth; people on the west coast are the happiest . Other downsides (ex. higher cost of living: what really makes us happy. Marriage, friendships, college, religion, political affiliation, exercise, gratitude, giving, flow (aka mindfulness) Correlational; causality unclear: forecasting happiness i. durability bias.
