01:920:240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Positive Psychology, Prefrontal Cortex, Stoicism
9 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Emphasizes a variety of benefits of holding a positive attitude. Avoid being negative about yourself and the world. People, who hold happier attitudes are less likely to get sick, get better faster, live longer. Spread your genes to the next generation = nature jealousy (sexual competition) Some are going to be more successful than others. The world has a lot of losses (death, sickness) = unhappiness. Almost no one is able to be happy. By nature humans cannot be happy people get old, sick and die and everyone knows this. Fouling yourself if you think you wont get sick and die eventually. Remove yourself from comparing yourself to others = happiness. Happiness is not out in the world it is something that we make. Made to make us feel good regardless of situations. Secret: not getting what you want but wanting would you get. Everyone has a natural set point and will return to that set point.
