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What is the number one predictor of happiness?
What distinguishes 'very happy people' from those less happy, according to Diener & Seligman?
What did the study focused on by Achor, Stone, & Ben-Shahar find as the greatest predictor of happiness in college students during high stress periods?
What was the correlation between happiness and Zimet’s social support scale as mentioned in the text?
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What did follow-up research by Achor find as even more important to sustained happiness in college students?
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What did the study by Kahneman using Experience Sampling Method paradigm find as the most powerful influence on how happy women feel?
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What is one of the most powerful mood-lifters according to early psychological research?
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What brain regions were activated when people gave money to a charity?
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What neural response was observed when people made transfers voluntarily to a charity?
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Which brain region is associated with empathy and showed increased engagement during generous decisions?
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What type of response is characterized by feelings of tenderness, warmth, care, and a motivation to help?
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What did the research indicate about the practice of kindness and happiness?
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What was associated with distress response?
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What was associated with care response?
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What effect did compassion meditation have on positive affect?
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What changes were found in the brain regions of participants who underwent compassion training?
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What did the fMRI study reveal about the compassion group?
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What was the effect of compassion training on empathic accuracy?
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What is released in parent-child and romantic relationships, correlating with relationship quality and longevity?
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What effect does social affiliation have on dopamine release, particularly after isolation?
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What happens to brain centers associated with pain when at risk of isolation?
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Which brain region is involved in social craving and aversive loneliness?
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What age group is most likely to report feeling lonely, correlating with the onset of mental health disorders?
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What type of regulation can social support provide for negative emotions?
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What is the impact of social support on oxytocin levels?
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How does financial success correlate with well-being?
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What is the impact of negative social interactions on well-being?
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What is more important for well-being, quality or quantity of relationships?
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What affects mental health more than the actual receipt of support?
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What is associated with physical and psychological benefits?
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Study Notes
The Impact of Social Relationships on Well-being
- Brain's default activity involves rehashing social lives
- Social support can include pets and is linked to increased oxytocin levels
- Financial success is correlated with warmth of relationships, not intelligence
- Negative social interactions have a stronger impact on well-being than positive ones
- Quality of relationships is more important than quantity
- Beliefs about emotional support affect mental health more than actual receipt of support
- Providing social support has physical and psychological benefits
- Giving away money makes people happier than spending it on themselves
- Children show more positive emotion when giving gifts
- Spending money on others can lower blood pressure
- Compassion meditation is associated with heart health
- Compassion meditation is also linked to increased neuro-cardiac coupling
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Discover the profound impact of social relationships on well-being with this quiz. Explore the influence of social support, negative interactions, and financial success on mental and physical health. Learn about the benefits of giving and receiving social support, and the effects of compassion meditation on heart health.
