Deck 10: Crafting a Life: Your Guide to the Good Life

Question 1

Which of the following factors is not associated with greater happiness?

A) achieving one's intrinsic goals for personal growth
B) drive for money that is motivated by social comparison
C) having close personal relationships
D) making a social contribution

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Being immersed in tasks that are important to us is called _____.

A) "flow"
B) "extroversion"
C) "locus of control"
D) "surgency"

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is not an explanatory style described by Martin Seligman?

A) permanence
B) pervasiveness
C) personalization
D) persuasion

Answer 3

D

Question 4

People who are happy throughout their lives tend to _____.

A) spend time primarily on things that increase their current pleasure
B) spend time primarily on things that increase their future pleasure
C) balance time doing things that provide immediate pleasure and time spent doing things that are likely to bring them future pleasure
D) balance time doing things that bring them neither immediate or future pleasure,but instead expect happiness to come to them

Question 5

Which of the following situational characteristics is not likely to lead to "flow"?

A) challenging work
B) ability to concentrate for long periods of time
C) goals that are constantly changing
D) feelings of control

Question 6

Managers who want to help their employees find "flow" should _____.

A) give them tasks that are slightly beyond their current abilities
B) give them extended periods of quiet and focused time to work on those tasks
C) help them to learn the skills necessary to do the tasks they ask them to do
D) all of the above

Question 7

A maximizer is someone who _____.

A) wants to make the best possible decision
B) is less likely to be satisfied with the decisions s/he makes
C) is more likely to get frustrated with the decision-making process
D) all of the above

Question 8

Optimists are likely to do all of the following except _____.

A) seek out feedback
B) effectively manage stress
C) fail to reward themselves
D) gain social support

Question 9

Which of the following things should you do if you want to be happier?

A) Savor experiences.
B) Invest in personal relationships.
C) Focus on creating goals that you enjoy and that are congruent with each other.
D) all of the above

Question 10

______ sees good events as _____,while _____ sees those same events as _____.

A) An optimist,permanent,a pessimist,temporary
B) A pessimist,permanent,an optimist,temporary
C) An optimist,good luck,a pessimist,bad luck
D) None of the above

Question 11

According to research on decision-making _______.

A) both positive and negative moods can help us make better decisions,depending on the type of problem we are facing
B) people in bad moods tend to think more broadly
C) the way we feel (good or bad mood)
Doesn't affect our memory
D) positive and negative moods are unrelated to the quality of our decisions

Question 12

Defensive pessimists tend to achieve success by _____.

A) overpreparing
B) rechecking their work
C) anticipating problems in advance
D) all of the above

Question 13

According to research done by Julie Norem,people who are defensive pessimists _____.

A) perform better when people encourage them to be more optimistic
B) harness their anxiety in ways that help them achieve the results that they desire
C) tend to feel paralyzed by anxiety when faced with difficult tasks
D) live in a state of constant chaos and confusion

Question 14

All of the following factors predict happiness except _____.

A) savoring experiences
B) how much you like yourself
C) being a 'satisficer'
D) being a 'maximizer'

Question 15

A person is most likely to experience stress when _____.

A) job demands are high and control is low
B) job demands are high and control is high
C) job demands are low and control is low
D) job demands are low and control is high

Question 16

"Miswanting" refers to ______.

A) living under your means
B) the belief that money and material possessions will make you happy
C) valuing relationships over material possessions
D) none of the above

Question 17

People who are hopeful ______.

A) believe they can make certain outcomes happen
B) put together plans to make the outcomes they want more likely to happen
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 18

"Subjective well-being" is a concept that describes _____.

A) the extent to which a person is effective
B) the extent to which a person is able to follow directions
C) the extent to which a person feels happy
D) a person's overall performance potential

Question 19

When we feel "flow" we reap many rewards,including _____.

A) the process of doing the work feels good
B) we gain new skills in the process
C) the self becomes more differentiated because overcoming a challenge is likely to make a person feel more capable and skilled
D) all of the above

Question 20

Researchers have found that money buys _____ percent of one's happiness,assuming one's basic needs are met.

A) under 10
B) between 20 and 30
C) between 30 and 40
D) between 52 and 59

Question 21

An important job factor that research suggests can increase coronary disease is ________.

A) lack of control
B) skill variety
C) autonomy
D) none of the above

Question 22

Researchers refer to happiness as "subjective well-being".

Question 23

Research suggests that excessive perfectionism _____.

A) can interfere with judgment
B) damage interpersonal relationships
C) decrease productivity
D) all of the above

Question 24

According to Seligman,optimists tend to give credit to themselves for good events and blame others or external causes for bad events.

Question 25

People with Type A personality are generally poor performers.

Question 26

Assuming you are in the middle class,your salary will be one of the biggest predictors of whether or not you will be wealthy.

Question 27

The three areas of child well-being that the day-care studies funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development focused on are _____.

A) cognitive development,social development,and attachment to mother
B) cognitive development,leadership potential,and social development
C) leadership potential,cognitive dissonance,and attachment to mother
D) none of the above

Question 28

Chris and Lee are considering day care for their 3 year old child. What should you advise them to consider if they want their child to be in high quality day care?

A) The caregivers at the day care spend a lot of time interacting with the children
B) The caregivers at the day care minimize cognitive stimulation
C) The caregivers move the children frequently between activities
D) All of the above

Question 29

Researcher Joan Kofodimos cautions that people who invest primarily in their work at the expense of intimacy _____________.

A) tend to have an above average understanding of the emotional needs of employees
B) are often unconscious of what drives them to invest primarily in their work
C) approach problems in ways designed to serve the organization's needs
D) are likely to gain wholehearted support from their employees

Question 30

A defensive pessimist is someone whose early negative childhood experiences results in their tendency to become overwhelmed and ineffective in complex situations.

Question 31

Sleep deprivation can result in _____.

A) higher cognitive ability
B) greater intuition
C) higher levels of interpersonal sensitivity
D) the speed-accuracy trade-off

Question 32

Which of the following is not a critical parenting skill,as identified by Galinsky?

A) making the child feel important and loved
B) providing rituals and routines
C) being involved in the children's education
D) all of the above are important

Question 33

Perfectionism is a problem when __________.

A) it is excessive and uncontrollable
B) it is rooted in an obsessive desire to be perfect to fulfill one's own needs rather than the demands of the situation
C) it results in "all or none" thinking
D) all of the above

Question 34

According to Researcher Ellen Kossek and her colleagues,corporate work-life programs _____.

A) have no effect on employee satisfaction and retention
B) improve employee recruitment,but not satisfaction and retention
C) have a positive effect on employee recruitment,satisfaction,and retention Recall,Moderate)
D) have a positive effect on employee satisfaction,but not retention

Question 35

Based on a study of 300 New York day care centers,which of the following statements is not true?

A) Day care centers provide parents with social connections that help them get support.
B) Taken-for-granted and seemingly trivial organizational practices such as field trips increase parents' social capital.
C) Day care centers that have strict drop off and pick up times tend to offer fewer opportunities for parents to network with each other.
D) Low-income parents who made friends at day care centers are less likely to become depressed

Question 36

If you have a problem with perfectionism,which of the following will help you to deal with it most effectively?

A) Set extremely high goals
B) Focus on activities that must be done right
C) Ask yourself,"Does this project require a perfect solution?"
D) Develop "all or none" thinking

Question 37

According to Csikszentmihalyi,someone who is feeling "flow" is more likely to be self-conscious.

Question 38

Being a satisficer,rather than a maximizer,is more likely to lead to happiness.

Question 39

According to Dr.Perls and others who study people who live to 100 years old or more,which of the following does NOT predict longevity?

A) Coping well with stress
B) Staying intellectually challenged
C) Socializing with a supportive network of family and friends
D) All of the above predict longevity

Question 40

According to Csikszentmihalyi,we are more likely to feel "flow" when we are performing tasks that do not stretch our abilities.

Question 41

Having children in day care increases parents' social capital.

Question 42

People who feel that they have high job demands but little control over how they meet those demands are likely to experience stress.

Question 43

Discuss the concept of "flow". What is it,and under what conditions is it likely to occur.

Question 44

According to Joan Kofodimos,managers who overinvest in their work at the expense of intimacy tend to "make decisions,take actions,and approach problems in ways intended to serve the needs of others."

Question 45

Children in day care centers that require rote learning and moving frequently between activities tend to have less anxiety.

Question 46

The quality of parents' work,including supervisor sensitivity,interesting work,job autonomy,and schedule flexibility,affects the parents' ability to be responsive and nurturing toward their children.

Question 47

People at lower levels of the organizational hierarchy are more likely to have heart disease than people at high levels of the organizational hierarchy.

Question 48

Low-income parents who have children in day care are less likely to become homeless.

Question 49

Describe at least 6 predictors of happiness.