PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Inughuit, Angelina Jolie, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Consciousness according to csikszentmihalyi: order vs. entropy. Order rather than entropy or consciousness is the key to the god life: flow = extremely ordered consciousness. Meeting challenges and using skills we have developed completely absorbed psychic energies used harmoniously towards 1 goal no wandering of mind lose self- consciousness come back to a more integrated human being. Complexity, growth of the self; differentiation & integration. Characteristics of flow experiences: challenge, skill, keeping balance, flow channel chart. Moral emotion: promotion of moral behavior. Mediating role of benefit appraisals: state-trait association. More benefit appraisal = mediation for trait and state gratitude. Character strengths: individual differences/characteristics which are valued by others, what other people like about other people. Values: beliefs that influence which goals toward which our character strengths are directed. Interesting perspective on individual differences: perennial wisdom. Striking examples of universality: character strength represent the remarkable consistency on how humans tend to view other humans.