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Affect
Person's instinctive response to a stimulus; characterized by a sense of arousal.
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Broaden-and-build model of positive emotions
Positive emotions expand what an individual feels like doing at any given time. This expansion is called broadening of an individual's momentary thought-action repertoire. Positive emotions also allow people to build resources through the increasing of creative problem solving and recognition of personal resources.
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Complete state model
Mental health is defined as high levels of emotional, psychological, and social well-being and the absence of mental illness symptoms.
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Content of Affect
type of experience within the positive or negative affective state.
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Emotion
feeling state resulting from the appraisal of an external object as salient to our own well-being.
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Emotional well-being
presence of positive affect and the absence of negative affect, as well as satisfaction with life.
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Eudaimonia
Human flourishing, or happiness associated with living a life of virtue.
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Flow
pleasurable experience resulting from engagement in an interesting activity that properly matches or challenges a person's skills and abilities.
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Genetic/personality predisposition theories of happiness
theories suggesting that happiness may be a more stable personality trait or a characteristic that is genetically based.
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Momentary thought-action repertoire
broadening of a specific action tendency to include cognitive as well as physical responses to an emotion.
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Mood
General, free-floating feelings that last longer than an emotion. Thought to be tied to expectations of future positive or negative affect.
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Need/goal satisfaction theories of happiness
suggesting that happiness lies in the reduction of tension through the satisfaction of goals and needs.
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Pleasure principle
humans seek to reduce tension by gratifying instinctive needs regardless of the consequences.
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Process/activity theories of happiness
suggesting that happiness is produced by engaging in certain activities or working toward a goal.
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Psychological well-being
state of well-being characterized by self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy, and positive emotions.
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Social well-being
state of well-being characterized by acceptance, actualization, contribution, coherence, and integration with others.
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Specific action tendency
tendency to act in a specific manner that follows an emotion. Most famous is the "fight or flight" response.
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Subjective well-being
person's individual judgment about his or her current status in the world. Often used synonymously with happiness.
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Valence
direction of affect: positive (pleasant) or negative (unpleasant).
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