Describe four of the individual differences in people’s abilities to get into flow. In other words, what personality or cognitive characteristics are associated with the ability to get into flow (from lecture notes), and who seems to have a more difficult time achieving a flow state (and why)?

Explain four of the hypotheses that might explain why gratitude leads to increases in subjective well-being. Provide support from research as discussed in the lecture wherever possible (is there validity to each hypothesis?).

When experimental studies randomly assign participants to either a forgiveness condition or a control condition, they find that:

_____% of our happiness is predicted by genetics, ______% by our life circumstances, and ______% by our intentional behaviors and actions that we have control over.

According to the article “Who is Happy,” which of the following statements is FALSE?

What are three of the outcome measures of experiencing positive emotion (affect), discussed by Barbara Fredrickson in her TED talk presented in this module:

How is marital status associated with subjective well-being?

All of the following about happiness are true EXCEPT:

Which basic question was the PANAS-X designed to answer?

Which term best describes the ability to see alternatives when one’s route to a goal is blocked?