EXDM 300 MIDTERM EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What was the reported satisfaction with life of Americans in 1940? - ✔✔They
averaged being very happy with an average score of 7.5 out of 10.
✔✔How does the author answer the question 'Why do life changes account for so little'?
- ✔✔because of a very powerful force that psychologists call hedonic adaption (same
thing as the hedonic treadmill)
✔✔What does the author say is a better clue to your happiness, the average happiness
of your identical twin or all the facts and events of your life? - ✔✔Your identical twin is a
better clue to your happiness.
✔✔What is the procedure that Richard Davidson uses to measure a person's brain
activity? - ✔✔A procedure called Electrocephaology
✔✔How does the author say the fountain of happiness can be found, in a nutshell? -
✔✔It can be found in your behavior, how you think and the goals you set every day for
yourself.
✔✔What are the two powerful forces that can push us away from happiness? - ✔✔Our
brain's hardwiring-our memories are unreliable when recalling happiness-we remember
the high and low point but not the in between AND the distracting nature of
contemporary life-media, entertainment.
✔✔How many times will the average 18-year-old move in her or her lifetime? - ✔✔Nine
or more times
✔✔What does research show is the biggest deterrent to physical activity for some
people? - ✔✔Danger. Perceived danger.
✔✔What does the text say are traits involved in a job that challenges us to an optimal
level? - ✔✔One that's not to hard or too easy. It is suppose to engage our natural
talents and give us constant feedback, addresses your passions, values and talents.
✔✔How much does each additional happy friend and unhappy friend we have in our
social circle boost our cheeriness? - ✔✔Each happy friend boosts it by 9% and each
unhappy friend drags us down by 7%
✔✔What does Ed Diener say is the key to greater well-being? - ✔✔To have money but
not too much money.
, ✔✔What two things does the text say about pet owners' health? - ✔✔They tend to be
healthier and happier. Lower blood pressure and fewer stress horomones.
✔✔What are the consequences that are quoted from the connection between
hopefulness and financial literacy? - ✔✔Ids who see a bright, meaningful future start to
earn, keep and save money better than those who don't and these kids come up with
more ideas about how to make money, become more pragmatic when using money and
are more creative in saving it.
✔✔What are two strategies listed as ways to improve the quality of life? - ✔✔Try
making external conditions match our goals and secondly change how we experience
external conditions to make them fit our goals better.
✔✔Under what circumstances does an enjoyable event occur? - ✔✔When a person has
not only met some prior expectations or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone
beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something
unexpected, perhaps something even unimagined before.
✔✔How many major components are there to the phenomenology of enjoyment? -
✔✔Eight!
✔✔At what point in activities did people report enjoyment? - ✔✔Whenever the
opportunities for action perceived by the individual are equal to his or her capabilities.
✔✔The text says that "the kind of feedback we work toward is in and of itself often
unimportant", what reason does it then give for feedback being important? - ✔✔It is the
symbolic message it contains: that you have succeeded in your goal. This knowledge
creates order in consciousness and strengthens the structure of the self.
✔✔What does a loss of self-consciousness involve? - ✔✔Loss of consciousness of the
self.
✔✔What does the word autotelic refer to? - ✔✔A self contained activity, one that is
done not with the expectation of some future benefit, but simply because the doing itself
is the reward
✔✔In what way is the flow experience good? - ✔✔It has the potential to make life more
rich, intense, and meaningful and it increases the strength and complexity of self.
✔✔How long does heartfelt positivity last? - ✔✔Moments of heartfelt positivity don't last
long! It fades.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What was the reported satisfaction with life of Americans in 1940? - ✔✔They
averaged being very happy with an average score of 7.5 out of 10.
✔✔How does the author answer the question 'Why do life changes account for so little'?
- ✔✔because of a very powerful force that psychologists call hedonic adaption (same
thing as the hedonic treadmill)
✔✔What does the author say is a better clue to your happiness, the average happiness
of your identical twin or all the facts and events of your life? - ✔✔Your identical twin is a
better clue to your happiness.
✔✔What is the procedure that Richard Davidson uses to measure a person's brain
activity? - ✔✔A procedure called Electrocephaology
✔✔How does the author say the fountain of happiness can be found, in a nutshell? -
✔✔It can be found in your behavior, how you think and the goals you set every day for
yourself.
✔✔What are the two powerful forces that can push us away from happiness? - ✔✔Our
brain's hardwiring-our memories are unreliable when recalling happiness-we remember
the high and low point but not the in between AND the distracting nature of
contemporary life-media, entertainment.
✔✔How many times will the average 18-year-old move in her or her lifetime? - ✔✔Nine
or more times
✔✔What does research show is the biggest deterrent to physical activity for some
people? - ✔✔Danger. Perceived danger.
✔✔What does the text say are traits involved in a job that challenges us to an optimal
level? - ✔✔One that's not to hard or too easy. It is suppose to engage our natural
talents and give us constant feedback, addresses your passions, values and talents.
✔✔How much does each additional happy friend and unhappy friend we have in our
social circle boost our cheeriness? - ✔✔Each happy friend boosts it by 9% and each
unhappy friend drags us down by 7%
✔✔What does Ed Diener say is the key to greater well-being? - ✔✔To have money but
not too much money.
, ✔✔What two things does the text say about pet owners' health? - ✔✔They tend to be
healthier and happier. Lower blood pressure and fewer stress horomones.
✔✔What are the consequences that are quoted from the connection between
hopefulness and financial literacy? - ✔✔Ids who see a bright, meaningful future start to
earn, keep and save money better than those who don't and these kids come up with
more ideas about how to make money, become more pragmatic when using money and
are more creative in saving it.
✔✔What are two strategies listed as ways to improve the quality of life? - ✔✔Try
making external conditions match our goals and secondly change how we experience
external conditions to make them fit our goals better.
✔✔Under what circumstances does an enjoyable event occur? - ✔✔When a person has
not only met some prior expectations or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone
beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something
unexpected, perhaps something even unimagined before.
✔✔How many major components are there to the phenomenology of enjoyment? -
✔✔Eight!
✔✔At what point in activities did people report enjoyment? - ✔✔Whenever the
opportunities for action perceived by the individual are equal to his or her capabilities.
✔✔The text says that "the kind of feedback we work toward is in and of itself often
unimportant", what reason does it then give for feedback being important? - ✔✔It is the
symbolic message it contains: that you have succeeded in your goal. This knowledge
creates order in consciousness and strengthens the structure of the self.
✔✔What does a loss of self-consciousness involve? - ✔✔Loss of consciousness of the
self.
✔✔What does the word autotelic refer to? - ✔✔A self contained activity, one that is
done not with the expectation of some future benefit, but simply because the doing itself
is the reward
✔✔In what way is the flow experience good? - ✔✔It has the potential to make life more
rich, intense, and meaningful and it increases the strength and complexity of self.
✔✔How long does heartfelt positivity last? - ✔✔Moments of heartfelt positivity don't last
long! It fades.
