Multiple Choice Questions

Question 6 (1 point)
Which of the following are two of the necessary components of flourishing relationships?

A)     Positive emotions and Intimacy

B)     Love and Meaning

C)     Engagement and Accomplishments

D)     Attachment and Relationships

Question 7 (1 point)
Based on the video of Dr. Sam Goldstein, what are the two things that must be present for a person to be considered resilient?

A)     risk and adversity

B)     love and intimacy

C)     damage and injury

D)     safety and security

Question 8 (1 point)

What is the basis of the theory of learned optimism?

A)     When a route is blocked, people find alternate pathways to their goals.

B)     People make attributions or explanations about the things that happen to them.

C)     Optimism is the belief that good rather than bad things will happen.

D)     People succeed when they believe in their capabilities to produce desired effects.

Question 9 (1 point)

Which of the following is the best definition of happiness?

A)     Happiness is the combination of positive affect, satisfaction, and the absence of negative affect.

B)     Happiness is a positive emotional state that is defined individually or subjectively.

C)     Happiness is a positive emotional state that is defined collectively by an individual’s culture.

D)     Happiness is a physiological response to a stimulus and is based on a sense of arousal.

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Question 10 (1 point)

According to Gilbert’s study of affective forecasting, people are largely:

A)     accurate judges of their future emotional states.

B)     influenced by hindsight bias in predicting their future emotional states.

C)     inaccurate judges of their future emotional states.

D)     no better than chance in predicting their future emotional states.

Question 11 (1 point)
According to Diener (1984), subjective well-being comprises happiness, _________ satisfaction, and positive __________.
Question 11 options:

A)     marital; emotions

B)     wealth; experiences

C)     life; affect

D)     work; feelings

Question 12 (1 point)

Daniel Goleman maintains that emotional intelligence requires five skills. Of the following, identify which one is a component skill of emotional intelligence.

A)     intra-personal skills

B)     expressing emotions

C)     altruism

D)     motivation

Question 13 (10 points)

What strengths do you think might manifest differently across cultures? How might these strengths look different?

Question 14 (10 points)

What you think is the meaning of the statement that “Positive Psychology Seeks a Balanced, More Complete View of Human Functioning”?

Question 15 (10 points)
Malcolm Gladwell, in his talk on Choice, Spaghetti Sauce, and Happiness, reached the conclusion that “embracing diversity of choice will lead to happiness.” In your own words, explain what he meant by this conclusion.

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