Question

Your text authors note that it is important to place consideration of the specific meaning of a good life in the context of

	a.	personality and genetic differences
	b.	differences in values and religious orientation.
	c.	different cultures and stages of lifespan development.
	d.	life events and availability of resources and opportunities.

According to your textbook authors, what is “new” and unique about positive psychology is that it has

	a.	helped clarify the relative independence of the “good” and the “bad.”
	b.	shown the valuable lessons that can be learned from tragedy.
	c.	shown the health and happiness benefits of a positive outlook.
	d.	rejected psychology’s emphasis on the negative and replaced it with an emphasis on the positive.

Relationship-enhancing and distress-maintaining attributions describe two major differences in how close relationship partners

	a.	respond to the distress of their partner.
	b.	communicate the need to talk about a relationship problem.
	c.	explain their own perceived role in improving the relationship.
	d.	explain the transgressions and faults of their partner.

The Signature Strengths Questionnaire was developed by Values in Action Project (VIA) researchers to measure 24 strengths of character. This questionnaire has been taken by over 350,000 people in 50 different countries. Analysis of character strengths profiles suggest that

	a.	people in widely different cultures share a common understanding of character strengths.
	b.	the meaning of character strengths varies widely across different cultures.
	c.	the Signature Strengths Questionnaire contains a substantial Western value bias.
	d.	gender, age, and social class have a substantial influence on people’s understanding of character strengths.

Answer 1

1.Your text authors note that it is important to place consideration of the specific meaning of a good life in the context of..

ANS. Different cultures and lifespans of development.

2.According to your textbook authors, what is “new” and unique about positive psychology is that it has.

Ans. Rejected psychology’s emphasis on the negative and replaced it with an emphasis on the positive.

3.Relationship-enhancing and distress-maintaining attributions describe two major differences in how close relationship partners.

ans.

explain their own perceived role in improving the relationship. The Signature Strengths Questionnaire was developed by Values in Action Project (VIA) researchers to measure 24 strengths of character. This questionnaire has been taken by over 350,000 people in 50 different countries. Analysis of character strengths profiles suggest that. Ans. people in widely different cultures share a common understanding of character strengths.