Positive Psychology Ch 4

Microflow

Refers to moments when we are leisurely involved in a relatively simple, almost automatic activity, such as doodling.

There is a proven connection between flow and psychological well-being

True

Time affluence, or having ample time for leisure, is more important for higher happiness levels than having a lot of money

True

Time poverty

Refers to a feeling of being constantly busy and pressed for time.

Characteristics of flow

1. Merging one action and awareness 2. Complete concentration on the task at hand 3. Lack of worry about losing control, which Paradoxically results in a sense of control 4. A loss of self-consciousness 5. Time no longer seems to pass n ordinary ways 6. Autotelic nature of the experience 7. Flow accompanies a challenging activity that requires skill 8. An activity has clear goals and immediate feedback

The term "Time Affluence" refers to

A perception that one has enough time for leisure and activities that are personally meaningful

Loving-kindness

A quality embodying friendliness, benevolence and love.

What is not a characteristic of flow?

A sense of belonging

Curiosity

A spirit of interest, investigation, and exploration

Absorption

Ability to become deeply involved in an experience.

Nonreactivity

Ability to respond with consciousness and clarity instead of automatically reading in a habitual and conditioned way.

Savoring

Absorbing all one's bodily sensation over a period of time.. something that is pleasurable.

____________ is the ability to become deeply involved in an experience.

Absorption

Adult playfulness

Adults need to play in order to develop emotionally, socially and creatively. Positively correlated with being more extraverted, more open to experience, and more agreeable, while negative correlations were found with neurosis, aging and maleness.

Patience:

Allowing things to unfold in their time.

All of the following are characteristics of flow except

An activity or experience that is done as a means to another goal

Engaged living

Comprises social integration and absorption. Involves a passion to help others and complete immersion in one's day-to-day activities.

Flow

Csikszentmihalyi- donates the holistic sensation present when we act with total involvement. It is the state in which action follows upon action according to an internal logic which seems to need no conscious intervention on our part.

Peak performance

Describes those moments when we perform at a level beyond our normal level of functioning - and conceptualized as behavior that is "more efficient, more creative, more productive, or in some ways better than ordinary behavior.. and may occur in any facet of human activity: intellectual, emotional, or physical.

Trust:

Developing a basic trust in your experience.

Which of the following is not a basic type of savoring?

Directing

Which of the following is a good example of an activity someone may do while experiencing microflow?

Doodling

Who can experience peak performance?

Everyone

Nonjudging

Impartial witnessing, observing the present moment without evaluation and categorization

Buddhist-style mindfulness mediation consists of which three core elements:

Intention, attention, attitude

Nonattachment

Letting go of grasping and clinging to outcome, and allowing the process to simply unfold.

When people are ______ they are open to new experiences and points of view, able to create new categories for information processing, and they pay attention to life process or their own lived experience as well as to outcomes or goal attainment.

Mindful

What is microflow?

Moments when we are leisurely involved in a relatively simple, almost automatic activity

Nonstriving:

Non-goal oriented, remaining unattached to outcome or achievement.

Letting go

Nonattachment, non holding on to thoughts, feelings, experience.

Mindfulness

Paying attention to one's own ongoing experience in a way that allows openness and flexibility.

Term utilized to describe those moments when we perform at a level beyond our normal level of functioning -- and conceptualized as behavior that is "more efficient, more creative, more productive, or in some ways better than ordinary behavior".

Peak performance

Acceptance

Seeing and acknowledging things as they are in the present moment.

Openness (Beginner's Mind):

Seeing things freshly, as if for the first time

Hypoegoic state

Self-awareness is low and attention is focused on concrete rather than abstract stimuli.

Gentleness

Soft considerate and tender quality; however, not passive, undisciplined or indulgent

Transcendent Functioning

This is a universal potential in human beings, so that anyone can show peak performance in the right conditions.

Flow is the state in which action follows upon action according to an internal logic which seems to need no conscious intervention on our part.

True

Time Affluence

refers to a perception that one has enough time for leisure and activities that are personally meaningful.