(积极心理学英文课件）chapter4 happiness.pptx

;Happiness;The Meanings of Happiness;Hedonism;Eudaimonia ;Engagement (Flow);Happiness is best reserved as the name of a field within positive psychology just as cognition or motivation are names of fields within business-as-usual psychology.;II Explaining and Measuring Happiness;Traditional theories of happiness;Desire theory;Objective list theory;;Researchers usually measure by surveying or interviewing people and taking what they report at face value. Terminology: Quality of life: includes all of the emotions, experiences, appraisals, expectations, and accomplishments that figure into the good life. Subjective well-being: relatively high levels of positive affect, relatively low levels of negative affect, and the overall judgment that one’s life is a good one. Researchers are attracted to self-report surveys and interview for additional reason: they make measurement simple and straightforward, not to mention inexpensive.;The objection to this approach:;Self-report Measures of Happiness;Studies of happiness;;III Who is happy?;III Who is happy?;IV The Consequences of Happiness;V Boosting Happiness