WorksheetsThe Gratitude Experiment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which group in the Gratitude Experiment had the highest level of well-being?
The group that wrote about what they were grateful for everyday
The group that wrote about things that annoyed them.
The group that wrote about whatever popped into their head.
Practicing Gratitude increase your happiness. True or False?
True
False
Which is a healthy coping skill for stress?
Make a list of what you are thankful for
Screaming at your sister
Kicking a door
lie
What is the effect of writing down what you are thankful for?
It is a waste of time.
it will make you sad.
It will trigger happiness in your brain.
In the Gratitude experiment how many years of research did Dr. Emmons do on the science of happiness?
53
10
2
How can you show your gratitude to someone? Choose all that apply.
Make them Dinner.
Say "Thank you" and tell them why you are grateful.
Ignore them
Write them a card or draw them a picture explaining why you are grateful
Scientists say our level of happiness stays constant most of the time. Why is that?
We take the things that make us happy for granted
Because don't exercise enough.
Because we eat too much junk food.
How can we increase our happiness?
By noticing the little things and the big things we are grateful for
By buying more things
By complaining and venting.
By getting more popular.
What are the 8 Coping strategies we talked about in class?
1. write out a positive plan
2. Exercise
3. Talk to a friend or trusted adult
4. Draw or Create
5. Eat well
6. Use humor
7. take time to relax (Yoga, meditate, take a bath)
8. Be Grateful!
1. Yell
2. run away
3. ignore the problem
4. Draw or Create
5. Eat too much
6. Use humor
7. take time to relax (Yoga, meditate, take a bath)
8. Be Grateful!
1. write out a positive plan
2. ignore the problem
3. Talk to a friend or trusted adult
4. swim
5. Eat too much
6. Use sarcasm
7. jog
8. Be Grateful
What is gratitude?
Appreciating a person, place, or thing in your life and you know why you appreciate them.
Being thankful but forgetting it.
Complimenting someone.
