🔬 The Science of Well-Being for Teens
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Key Terms 1
Module 1
● Positive Psychology - Studies surrounding human flourishing and happiness
● G. I Joe Fallacy - “Knowing is half the battle”
● Subjective Well Being - Cognitive (Cautious or Conscious thinking) regarding the
evaluations of one's life (Being happy with your life and being happy in your life)
● Life Satisfaction - Evaluation of one's life as a whole
● Self Report - Empirical (Evidence/Knowledge based)method regarding participants
(feelings and attitudes or beliefs)
● Feel-Good Do-Good Phenomenon - Physiological phenomenon, when someone is happy
they are more likely to perform pro social behavior
● Miswanting - I want “something” to be happy, act of being mistaken about how much
you will like in the future just because of the current want
● Meta-Analysis - Combination of multiple scientific studies
● Active Social Network Use - Interacting, commenting, posting
● Passive Social Network Use - Scrolling viewing content or lurking
Key Terms 2
Module 2
● Affective Forecasting - Prediction or forecast of the future that we have of ourselves
Yale University Via Coursera
Key Terms 1
Module 1
● Positive Psychology - Studies surrounding human flourishing and happiness
● G. I Joe Fallacy - “Knowing is half the battle”
● Subjective Well Being - Cognitive (Cautious or Conscious thinking) regarding the
evaluations of one's life (Being happy with your life and being happy in your life)
● Life Satisfaction - Evaluation of one's life as a whole
● Self Report - Empirical (Evidence/Knowledge based)method regarding participants
(feelings and attitudes or beliefs)
● Feel-Good Do-Good Phenomenon - Physiological phenomenon, when someone is happy
they are more likely to perform pro social behavior
● Miswanting - I want “something” to be happy, act of being mistaken about how much
you will like in the future just because of the current want
● Meta-Analysis - Combination of multiple scientific studies
● Active Social Network Use - Interacting, commenting, posting
● Passive Social Network Use - Scrolling viewing content or lurking
Key Terms 2
Module 2
● Affective Forecasting - Prediction or forecast of the future that we have of ourselves
