Psychology Hacks to Help Your New Year's Resolutions | Compilation

The video explores New Year's resolutions, focusing on effective goal setting and habit formation. It discusses the importance of specific and challenging goals, strategies to maintain resolutions, and the science behind habits. Emotional reappraisal is introduced as a tool to manage anxiety and boost confidence. The video also addresses FOMO, offering strategies to overcome it, and concludes with insights on fostering inspiration and creativity.

What is a key factor in achieving goals according to the transcript?

• Self-efficacy

• Avoiding challenges

• Setting vague goals

• External rewards

What is the effect of making goals public?

• Decreases commitment

• Leads to failure

• Increases commitment

• Has no effect

What is a potential downside of focusing on goals?

• Enhanced creativity

• Improved social relationships

• Overlooking long-term consequences

• Increased intrinsic motivation

Which strategy is suggested for forming new habits?

• Avoiding routine

• Using smartphone reminders

• Piggybacking on existing habits

• Changing habits weekly

What is emotional reappraisal?

• Ignoring emotions

• Changing the interpretation of emotions

• Suppressing emotions

• Amplifying emotions

What is the role of the amygdala in emotional reappraisal?

• It starts a fear reaction

• It processes higher-level reasoning

• It controls voluntary actions

• It suppresses emotions

How can FOMO be exacerbated?

• By avoiding social media

• By comparing oneself to others

• By spending time alone

• By practicing mindfulness

What is one way to combat FOMO according to the transcript?

• Avoiding all social interactions

• Increasing social media use

• Practicing self-care

• Ignoring personal feelings

What is a characteristic of inspiration?

• It is unrelated to skills

• It requires external rewards

• It is evoked spontaneously

• It is always planned

Which personality trait is linked to more frequent inspiration?

• Neuroticism

• Openness to experience

• Conscientiousness

• Introversion