Real Psychology Assignment
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Real Psych Assignment
Real Psych!
Psychology in the Real World Assignment
Satta Charis Bemah
Wilmington University
Real Psych Assignment
2
Summary #1: Chapter Seven- Positive Emotions: More than feeling Good
(http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_positive_emotions_good_your_heart)
Biswas-Diener et al. (2004), argue happiness and fear differ in fundamental ways. For one fear narrows the scope of attention and tends to restrict behavior to a small set of responses, such as behavior related to trying to escape or to freezing in place; in contrast, happiness leads people to broaden the scope of attention and to be open to new ways of understanding and responding to events (as cited in Kosslyn & Rosenberg, 2011, …show more content…
An example is, suppose a professor assigned an easy on a topic about which you did not have a very strong feelings. Do you think writing the essay would influence your subsequent view (Kosslyn & Rosenberg 2011)? It has been proven by researchers that it can.
Attitude is everything when it comes to one’s behavior. As relating to the article linked above, the most significant step one can take in accomplishing your utmost potential in life is learning to observe your attitude and the impart it has on the performance of your work, relationships and the environment; which include the people around you. According to Keith Harrell of Success
Magazine, we all have a choice. Attitude directs the way a person perceiver’s the world and the way the world perceives a person. As an individual, one can choose an inner dialogue of selfmotivation and self-encouragement or one can choose self-pity and self-defeat. It is a control we all have; every one of us have had our feelings hurt, we have experience hard times, physical
Real Psych Assignment
Real Psych!
Psychology in the Real World Assignment
Satta Charis Bemah
Wilmington University
Real Psych Assignment
2
Summary #1: Chapter Seven- Positive Emotions: More than feeling Good
(http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_positive_emotions_good_your_heart)
Biswas-Diener et al. (2004), argue happiness and fear differ in fundamental ways. For one fear narrows the scope of attention and tends to restrict behavior to a small set of responses, such as behavior related to trying to escape or to freezing in place; in contrast, happiness leads people to broaden the scope of attention and to be open to new ways of understanding and responding to events (as cited in Kosslyn & Rosenberg, 2011, …show more content…
An example is, suppose a professor assigned an easy on a topic about which you did not have a very strong feelings. Do you think writing the essay would influence your subsequent view (Kosslyn & Rosenberg 2011)? It has been proven by researchers that it can.
Attitude is everything when it comes to one’s behavior. As relating to the article linked above, the most significant step one can take in accomplishing your utmost potential in life is learning to observe your attitude and the impart it has on the performance of your work, relationships and the environment; which include the people around you. According to Keith Harrell of Success
Magazine, we all have a choice. Attitude directs the way a person perceiver’s the world and the way the world perceives a person. As an individual, one can choose an inner dialogue of selfmotivation and self-encouragement or one can choose self-pity and self-defeat. It is a control we all have; every one of us have had our feelings hurt, we have experience hard times, physical