Personality and Subjective Well-Being

Personality and Subjective Well-Being

by Louise B

Draw

If you could draw the current state of your well-being, what would it look like?

Open Ended

Nowadays, is the “outcome-based” definition of SWB still the pervasive view, or are we seeing more people subscribe to the view of SWB being “an integral part of an ongoing process”? How?

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What do we mean when we say affective reactions play a functional role?

Multiple Select

What are the two major components of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) defined in the article?

• Cognitive judgements

• Affective experiences

• Physiological experiences

• Encoding strategies

Open Ended

Is it possible for our cognitive judgement of our well-being to be incongruent with our affective experiences, i.e., we still generally view our lives as well despite going through numerous negative affective experiences?

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Imagine that you are being asked to assess your own SWB. How would you approach your assessment of it?

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What were your initial reactions when you learned about these findings regarding SWB?

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If SWB is, by its definition, one’s subjective definition of their well-being, why shouldn’t self-report measures be seen as the gold standard?

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The article cites a study (Roberts & DelVecchio) which found that 18–20-year-olds show the least stability in life satisfaction compared to older age groups. What could the reason be for this? Does developmental stage determine the stability of SWB?

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What are the implications of SWB being moderately stable and heritable to your profession or chosen concentration?

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What Filipino construct, concept, or value is synonymous with, or similar to, SWB? Is the Filipino construal just as stable and as genetically predetermined as the Western one?

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Sinu-sino at/o ano ang mga bagay na nagbibigay ginhawa sa buhay ninyo ngayon?