Signs of personal wellbeing

Educational Psychology 201 with Prilletensky at University of Miami

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social capital

The higher the social capital in the community, the higher the level of health education and wellbeing

gini coefficent

measure of inequality

happiness- income

according to what we have been studying, extra happiness provided by extra income is greeatest when we are poor

self - efficacy

related to optimism

- the belief we hold about our ability to complete challenging tasks

when high S.E. set backs may frusterate but doesn’t keep them from trying

enviornments / self - efficacy

(disregaurd technology)

if parents teachers peers encourage us when were younger were going to have a higher self efficacy as we grow

-believing you can accomplish what you want to accomplish is the most important ingredient for success

Limitations of traditional measures of well-being

- negative v. positive - misery index

- absense of illness = presense of health?

- objective VS subjective measures

-the importance of subjective evaluations > importance of SWB, individual differences, incomplete picture

Subjective (personal) well-being

- life satisfaction and our evaluation of important life domains: work, health, relationships

- positive emotions, such as joy, optimism, engagement

- sense of accomplishment and meaning

- related to objective circumstances, but also to our attitudes about these conditions

How can subjective well-being be measured?

- global measures of happiness

- experience sampling method

-experience V memory - experienced well-being (experienced self) ; evaluating well-being (remembering self)

2 views of happiness and well-being

- hedonic view-

- Eudaimonic view-

Happiness and Health

- morbidity > likelihood of developing a certain illness

- survival > what happens once a specific illness has been developed

- longevity > measured by age of death; nun study

Personal Well-being

positive emotions and attitudes; sense of control and self-determination; meaningful engagement and spirituality; love, intimacy and social support; physical and mental health; material sufficiency

2 levels of optimism

- dispositional optimism

- explanatory style

Bad events - pessimist/ optimist

pessimists: internal, stable, global

optimists: view as unstable, external, specific

2 Mindsets

- fixed mindset > - the belief that ones qualities are fixed and not amendable to change >performance goals, response to challeneges is helplessness, effort = poor ability, use same strategies, praise on ability

- growth mindset > The belief that basic qualities and skills can be cultivated through persistence, effort, and hard work > learning goals, response to challenges is mastery, effort = success, use new strategies, praise on effort

Control and self-determination

relationship between control and health

> internal locus of control - you feel like you control your life

> external locus of control - you feel like you have no control over your life

relationship and well-being

how important are relationships to overall happiness and well-being > relationships are the single most important component of well-being

growth, meaning, spirituality

you get more from life by trying to go good than trying to do well

Wealth and Happiness

- -Correlation between happiness and wealth

- - The hedonic treadmill

- Changes in happiness over time

- Extra happiness relative to extra income

- Social comparison, relative deprivation and inequality

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By: Lexy Parsons
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