Positive Psychology Quiz

Which is NOT a dimension of Emotional Intelligence?

• Managing one's emotions

• Motivating others to reach goals

• Handling relationships well with others

• Motivating oneself to reach goals

Which strategy is recommended to avoid the hedonic treadmill?

• Maintain emotional constancy to balance positive and negative events

• Slow down one's adaptation to negative events

• Speed up one's adaptation to positive events

• Slow down one's adaptation to positive events

What does 'time affluence' refer to?

• Having a lot of time on one's hands

• Having time to do things for oneself and enjoy leisure

• The state of constantly rushing through tasks

• The ability to complete tasks efficiently

What is FALSE about psychoneuroimmunology?

• It involves psychological processes, the nervous system, and the immune system

• It examines how psychological factors influence the immune response

• It is an interdisciplinary field of study

• It shows that the Immune system cannot learn

What is the difference between moods and emotion?

• Moods are more pervasive, diffuse, and global

• Moods are more focused and come and go quickly

• Emotions are pervasive, diffuse, and global

• They are both the same

What is NOT a feature of Hedonism?

• Oldest approach to happiness and life satisfaction

• Often violated

• Transient

• Based on the maxim of 'Know thyself'

Which is NOT a theme of positive psychology?

• Positive emotions are important

• Negative emotions are still important

• Positive and negative emotions are independent

• It is okay to feel lonely

Which most accurately represents the relationship between positive and negative emotions?

• Negative emotions undo the effect of positive ones

• Negative emotions help the body regain balance after positive emotions

• Negative emotions narrow our attention, while positive emotions broaden and build our resources

• Negative emotions shorten the stress reactions to positive emotions

Subjective well-being is linked with scores on all of the following except:

• Happiness

• Wealth

• Life satisfaction

• Neuroticism

Which is closest to the definition of 'autotelic'?

• Done for its own sake, not a means to a goal

• Done unconsciously as a means to a goal

• Done without passion

• A challenge that requires full mental engagement