Sources of Personal wellbeing

Educational Psychology 201 with Prilletensky at University of Miami

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By: Lexy Parsons
Created: 2011-10-10
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personal sources of well-being

Biological and constitutional factors, Early parenting experiences: Attachment, Parenting practices and parenting styles, Loving relationships throughout the lifespan, Emotional intelligence, Opportunities for growth, engagement, and self-determination, Circumstances: Do they matter?

biological and constitutional factors

- babies are born with different temperments

-Emotional style and subjective well-being have a strong biological basis

Difficult babies (10%)

Easy babies (40%)

Slow-to-warm-up babies (15%)

Mixed or variable (35%)

beyond infancy

most human traits have a strong genetic component, Approximately 50% of the variance in our intellectual and social-emotional functioning is believed to be determined by our genes, there is a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors

attatchment theory

- Newborns have a very poor ability to regulate their own emotions

- When a parent is attuned to the infant’s needs and responds with appropriate comfort and care, a secure attachment is formed between parent and child

- A secure attachment with one’s primary caregiver lays the foundation for healthy development throughout the lifespan

general beliefs formed due to attachment theory

Significant others (loving or rejecting); The world (safe or hostile); The self (worthy or unworthy of care)

3 Attachment Styles (secure)

-secure (60%) - secure base, playing- and every once in a while check, wheres mommy or daddy- secure base is important bc if something happens they need to know theres somewhere to come back to (tired, falls down) – when Mom left some cried some did not; how mom raised them know mom will come back (childcare) but didn’t distinguish anything

When parent return- securley attatched child was always happy to see them (whether they cried or not) they want to reconnect with parent

3 attachement styles (anxious- ambivalent)

- anxious- ambivalent (15%) - fussing, kicking, - learn the world is not a safe place sometimes; parents met their needs sometimes; I cant trust people to meet my needs in a consistent way, sometime they are there, sometimes not; sometimes wonderful, sometimes not- inconsistent parenting – going to be insecure in relationships; that means you don’t love me, needs constant reassurance

3 attachment styles ( avoidant)

- avoidant- (23%) - - do not pay much attention to what parents doing; when parent came back the child did not run to mom- those parents have not met their needs, grew up thinking that cant trust the world- fairly indifferent to parent; learn world Is not safe- will have trust issues, will struggle with having close bonds w ppl

Parenting Styles

- child-centered

- parent-centered

dimensions of parenting styles >

responsiveness-

demandingness-

loving relationships and well-being

- married people live longer and are healthier than single people > linked to lower rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease, mental illness

adults and happiness

for most adults happiness in life depends on having a satisfying marriage than on any other domain of adult life

John Gottman and the predictions of divorce

1^st sign – harsh startup;

2^nd sign - four horseman- Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, Stonewalling;

3^rd sign – flooding;

4^th sign – body language;

5^th sign – failed repair attempts;

6^th sign- bad memories

How do we choose our relationship partners

Proximity, Similarity, Reciprocal liking, Complementarity, Attractiveness

Sternbergs triangular love theory

decision/commitment, intimacy, passion > ideal and ultimate type of love is consummate love – has all 3 aspects

-A relationship is satisfying to the extent that it meets basic needs

-The importance of various needs changes over time

-What gets people involved in a relationship may have little to do with what matters to them in the long run

perception of unhappy couples

perceive their partners undesirable behavior as: characteristic of person, long-lasting, apply to other parts of the relationship

perceive undesirable behaviors as circumstantial, atypical, unlikely to generalize to other behaviors

perception of happy couples

undesirable characteristics: situational, temporary, specific ; desirable behaviors as characteristic of partner, likely to reoccur, apply to other aspects of relationship

Gottman on happy couples

Share a deep friendship, Know each other intimately and can easily answer questions about their partner’s likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams, Have a wealth of positive thoughts and feelings toward one another, This positivity and connectedness is reflected in daily interactions and serves to protect them in times of conflict

Gottmans set point theory

Once your marriage gets ‘set’ at a certain degree of positivity, it will take far more negativity to harm your relationship than if your ‘set point’ were lower. And if your relationship becomes overwhelmingly negative, it will be more difficult to repair it

Emotional Intelligence

-Perceiving and effectively expressing emotion

-Understanding how emotion shapes thinking, decision making, and coping with stress

-Regulating emotion and controlling impulses

-Empathizing with others

-Developing intimate relationships

-Forming positive interpersonal relationships

4 dimensions of emotional intelligence

self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, social management

Johari Window

things I know and things others know are open areas

things I know but things others don’t know are hidden areas

things others know but I don’t know are blind spots

things I don’t know and others don’t know are unknown areas

ROWS for wellbeing

risks, opportunities, weaknesses, strengths

growth, meaning, and spirituality

research indicates that happiness is most often a by-product of participating in worthwhile projects and activities that do not have as their primary focus the attainment of happiness

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

Linked sources (microsystems)

-inner-most, immediate settings: families, dyads, schools, work

Linked sources (mesosystems)

relationships between settings, interactions of Microsystems

Linked Sources (exosystems)

Settings in which a person does not actively participate but nonetheless impact the microsystems

Linked sources (macrosystems)

-widely shared beliefs, values, social policies

risks, protective factors, and resilience

- personal, familial, societal

About this deck

By: Lexy Parsons
Created: 2011-10-10
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Views: 3

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