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Subject Name : Positive Psychology(SPPY105) - Assessment - 1

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1. The term pertaining to individuals who do not have a mental illness but who
are low in social, emotional and psychological well-being is

Languishing

Flourishing

Positive Psychology

Resilience

2. What is the science and applications related to the study of psychological

strengths and positive emotions?

Languishing

Flourishing

Positive Psychology

Resilience

3. Human flourishing, or happiness associated with living a life of virtue is

called

Eudaimonia

Hedonic

Subjective well-being

Gross National Happiness

4. A person’s individual judgment about his or her current status in the world
is called

Eudaimonia

Hedonic

Subjective well-being

Gross National Happiness

5. ________________________, explains the effect of a person’s existing level of life

satisfaction and happiness on the emotional impact of a life event.

Externalizing disorders

Internalizing disorders
 Flow

Hedonic Leveling

6. What is the name of a cognitive strategy that reframes the problem in a

more positive light.

Positive reappraisal

Problem-focused coping

Resilience

self-affirmation

7. What is the name of the efforts done to prevent stress from happening in
the first place?

Mood

Problem-focused coping

Proactive Coping

Resilience

8. What is the awareness of being separate from the environment as a

separate object called?

Self-control

time-consciousness

Flow

Duality

9. Capacities of people to attend to, appreciate, and enhance the positive

experiences in their lives is called

Self-control

time-consciousness

Savouring

Duality

10. A trait characterized by self-discipline and competence is

Conscientiousness

Neuroticism
 Agreeableness

Extraversion

11. A trait characterized by anxiety, depression and self-regulation difficulties

is

Conscientiousness

Neuroticism

Agreeableness

Extraversion

12. A global expectation that more good things than bad will happen in the
future is called

Defensive pessimism

Depressive realism

Dispositional optimism

Self-esteem

13. One’s expectancy that good things rather than bad will happen is called

Defensive pessimism

Depressive realism

Dispositional optimism

Optimism

14. ______________ refer to the rewards, approval, praise, or situational demands

that explain why we strive for a goal.

External motives

Intrinsic motives

Identified motives

Introjected motives

15. What type of motives involve negative emotions we may experience if we

don’t try to attain certain goals?

External motives

Intrinsic motives
 Identified motives

Introjected motives

16. ____________________ predicts that confronting thoughts or images of death

creates feelings of insecurity that motivate a defensive strengthening of self-
esteem, in order to restore a sense of security.

Psychological Theory

Self-acceptance theory

Terror Management Theory

Balance theory

17. What defines our plan of action by specifying the exact steps necessary to
achieve the goal?

Confidence

Commitment

Goal intentions

Implementation intentions

18. _______________ refers to our desire to achieve a certain outcome

Confidence

Commitment

Goal intentions

Implementation intentions

19. Letting go of unattainable goals is called

Goal Disengagement

Approach goals

Goal Conflict

Avoidance goals

20. What reflects the fact that successful relationships take time and that
minding is an ongoing process that is essential to the continued health of a
relationship?

Reciprocity

Mindfulness
Continuity

Non-judging
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Subject Name : Positive Psychology(SPPY105) - Assessment - 2
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1. The term pertaining to individuals who have simultaneously high levels of

social, emotional and psychological well-being is

Languishing

Flourishing

Positive Psychology

Resilience

2. A person sense of well being in spite of serious threats to adaptation or

development is called

Languishing

Flourishing

Positive Psychology

Resilience

3. ________ define happiness in terms of pleasure seeking and pain avoidance?

Eudaimonia

Hedonic

Subjective well-being

Gross National Happiness

4. Negative emotions manifested internally in conditions such as anxiety and

depression is called

Externalizing disorders

Internalizing disorders

Flow

Hedonic Leveling

5. The ability to bounce back from stressful events and regain composure and
a sense of well-being is called

Positive reappraisal

Problem-focused coping
 Resilience

Self-affirmation

6. _______________is a state that divides mental health from mental illness and
is characterized by a feeling of emptiness and hollowness.

Languishing

Flourishing

Positive Psychology

Resilience

7. ____________behaviours are directed at altering, reducing, or eliminating the

source of stress.

Mood

Problem-focused coping

Proactive Coping

Resilience

8. Activities that lead to flow experiences and which are intrinsically

motivating are called

Autotelic activities

Problem-focused coping

Proactive Coping

time-consciousness

9. A trait characterized by trust and altruism is

Conscientiousness

Neuroticism:

Agreeableness

Extraversion

10. A trait characterized by sociability and seeking excitement is

Conscientiousness

Neuroticism:

Agreeableness

Extraversion
11. Negative thinking that channels anxiety about potential failure into
successful achievement is

Defensive pessimism

Depressive realism

Dispositional optimism

Self-esteem

12. ____________ can be defined as feeling of self-worth that derives from the
ratio of our actual successes to our pretensions.

Defensive pessimism

Depressive realism

Dispositional optimism

Self-esteem

13. _____________ involve valuing a goal because of its personal importance.

External motives

Intrinsic motives

Identified motives

Introjected motives

14. ____________involve emotional pleasure and enjoyment derived from

pursuing a goal.

External motives

Intrinsic motives

Identified motives

Introjected motives

15. The classic work “Civilization and its Discontents” was written by
____________

Freud

Carlsmith

Aronson

Festinger
16. _____________refers to our degree of determination, responsibility, and
willingness to persevere over time in the face of obstacles that may threaten
goal achievement.

Confidence

Commitment

Goal intentions

Implementation intentions

17. In control theory, the feedback loop is abbreviated as _________.

TOTE

TATE

TOTO

TETE

18. Occurs when the pursuit of one goal interferes with the achievement of
one or more other goals that a person also wants to attain.

Goal Disengagement

Approach goals

Goal Conflict

Avoidance goals

19. What refers to the need for both partners to participate in minding their
relationship?

Reciprocity

Mindfulness

Continuity

Non-judging

20. Which of the following is not an attributes of mindful awareness?

Patience

Trust

Non-judging

Optimism