POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Quiz 1 – Introduction to
Positive Psychology
1. Positive Psychology has traditionally
conceptualized authentic happiness as a mix of
hedonic and ______________.

a. Eudaimonic wellbeing
b. Subjective wellbeing
c. Psychological wellbeing
d. Objective wellbeing
2. The notion of “authentic happiness” has been
broken down by Martin E.P. Seligman to indicate a
life that is a combination of a pleasurable life, an
engaged life and a ____________.
a. Satisfied life
b. Consecrated life
c. Meaningful life
d. Happy life
3. There were three tasks of psychology prior to
World War Two. These were to cure mental illness,
enhance the lives of the normal population and
_____________.
a. Foster wellbeing
b. Study geniuses
c. Embrace emerging fields in Psychology
d. Develop psychological tests
4. There were four groups of individuals who
were looking at the “good life” before the discipline
of positive psychology even existed. These are:
a. Greeks, Utilitarianism, William James,
Biological Psychology
b. Greeks, Ancient Romans, William James,
Neuropsychology
c. Greeks, Utilitarianism, William James,
Humanistic Psychology
d. None of the above
5. He was the first psychologist who coined the
term “positive psychology”
a. Martin Seligman
b. Abraham Maslow
c. Carl Rogers
d. Sigmund Freud
6. It is a branch a philosophy that is concerned
with the acquisition of knowledge
a. Psychology
b. Utilitarianism
c. Teleology
d. None of the above
7. Choose the BEST answer: Positive Psychology
is the Science of wellbeing and
a. Good life
b. Mental illnesses
c. Optimal Functioning
d. Happiness
8. There are three levels to positive psychology:
the subjective node, individual node and
a. Collaborative node
b. Single node
c. Selective node
d. Group node
9. What specific area of discipline in psychology
is a close cousin of positive psychology?
a. Biological Psychology
b. Humanistic Psychology
c. Personality Psychology
d. Social Psychology
10. ____________ happiness encompasses high
levels of positive affect and low levels of negative
affect in addition to high subjective life satisfaction.
a. Authentic
b. Eudaimonic
c. True
d. Hedonic
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Quiz 2 – Understanding
Emotions
1. It is the extent to which an individual
experiences positive or negative moods.
a. Emotionality
b. Affectivity
c. Mood
d. Feelings
2. __________ tend to focus on a specific event
or circumstance during the past, present or future,
and are likely to be short-lived and we are aware of
them at the time of occurrence.
a. Feelings
b. Moods
c. Emotions
d. Affect
3. It is our ability to feel good.
a. Eudaimonic capacity
b. Hedonic capacity
c. Pleasure
d. Affective style
4. ____________ are free floating or objectless,
more long-lasting and occupy the background of
consciousness and are unfocused and enduring.
a. Feelings
b. Moods
c. Emotions
d. Affect
5. Paul Ekman suggests that there are six basic
human emotions. These include:
a. Anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness and surprise
b. Anger, disgust, anxiety, joy, sadness and
surprise
c. Anger, disgust, fear, interest, sadness and
surprise
d. Anger, disgust, shame, surprise, contempt and
distress
6. When we experience one of the main positive
emotions, our minds tend to open up and we are
able to think “outside the box”. This is
a. Building effect
b. Broadening effect
c. Undoing effect
d. Transforming effect
7. Research has shown that the experience of
positive emotions coupled with the broadening
effect has the ability to create personal resources,
which we are able to dip into when needed. This is
a. Building effect
b. Broadening effect
c. Undoing effect
d. Transforming effect
8. When we feel stress or any other negative
emotions, experiencing positive emotions can help
our bodies return to normal physiological functioning
significantly faster than any other types of emotion.
This is
a. Building effect
b. Broadening effect
c. Undoing effect
d. Transforming effect
9. ________ is unique in that it encompasses all
other nice emotions and can be elicited through the
presence of the others.
a. Anger
b. Fear
c. Love
d. Joy
10. Two key components in the brain in relation to
the experience of positive emotions appear to be the
a. Pre-frontal cortex and amygdala
b. Primary Visual Cortex and amygdala
c. Somatosensory cortex and amygdala
d. None of the above
11. This is our ability to monitor one’s own and
others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among
them, and to use this information to guide one’s own
thinking and action.
a. Positive attenuation
b. Emotional intelligence
c. Multiple intelligence
d. Crystal intelligence
12. It is our ability to recognize emotions either in
yourself or in others.
a. Understanding emotions
b. Managing emotions
c. Using emotions
d. Perceiving emotions
13. It is our ability to use emotions to facilitate our
mood.
a. Understanding emotions
b. Managing emotions
c. Using emotions
d. Perceiving emotions
14. People who have this ability are able to
understand that emotions are highly complex and
they do not just come neatly packaged.
a. Understanding emotions
b. Managing emotions
c. Using emotions
d. Perceiving emotions
15. This is our ability to self-regulate our
emotions.
a. Understanding emotions
b. Managing emotions
c. Using emotions
d. Perceiving emotions
THANK YOU!
BE POSITIVE!