In a study conducted by Martin Seligman cited by Spoors et al, Seligman found that happiness levels increased in participants in the study when they were encouraged to focus on more positive things that had happened in their past, and to reflect on their own personal strengths and to write a daily list of things that had gone well and the reasons why. Seligman found that making a deliberate attempt to focus on some of the good things in life can have a major positive impact on levels of
Listening to music is important to your brain development and has been known to enhance your intellect. It also has many emotional benefits to your body. Music is often referred to as a drug, mostly because it has more than just the ability to make you happy it can provoke almost any emotion and unlike recreational drugs music causes people to do things that are beneficial to themselves. V.
One form of positive person work is timalation which occurs when the person with dementia encounters sensory experiences such as those that are offered by multi-sensory environments where people can experience a range of sensory experiences such as music and pleasant smells. Another form of positive person work is play. This occurs when people with dementia are enjoying themselves by doing activities that engender spontaneity, self-expression and
Thus, when people become more positive their brains will become more engaged, creative, motivated energetic, healthier, resilient, and productive. These seven principles will help individuals overcome obstacles, reverse bad habits, become more efficient and productive, make the most of opportunities, and help conquer the most ambitious goals either in life or in work. The principles include the happiness advantage, the fulcrum and the lever, the Tetris effect, falling up, the Zorro circle, the 20-second rule and social
Freddie Ramos We can all agree that friends make our lives better. They encourage us when we’re feeling down and make us laugh. Friends make us feel good, almost anyone would agree. But the article by Tara Parker-Pope, “What Are Friends For?” goes beyond this simple point. The article presents ample evidence that having friends not only makes us happier, it also makes us healthier, both mentally and physically.
Attraction doesnt necessarliy have to be the outter appearence it could be based on other things about a person. In general we like people who are socially skilled, intelligent, and competent. The type of competence depends on the type of relationship that is being pursued. Being attractive is important now days because it affects people’s interpersonal relationships and workplace experiences. Attractive people are able to have many advantages and positive outcomes, such as having more popularity, greater confidence, more dating opportunities, more promotional chances, and higher salaries.
D1 - Analyse the importance of inter-agency emergency planning for major incidents Inter-agency planning produces many benefits and positive outcomes which enhance the effectiveness of the services and the organisations involved in the planning process of major incidents. This in turn benefits the public as it may mean that because of the enhanced co-ordination because of the inter-operability, more life is preserved, there are fewer problems for the infrastructure and normality is resumed faster. The running theme throughout this piece will be one thing, efficiency. The main thing about interoperability in planning of major incidents is that the efficiency of it all benefits the services massively. In different ways, this efficiency provides
Lin et al. (2004) suggest FT to be compared against other anger-focused therapies. In addition, the authors suggest therapies that reduce long-term anger issues be compared with therapies that focus on present anger. Overall, the Discussion section is not effective or appropriate. Information that is vital to the reader is missing.
E.g. if someone says you are “a good laugh” you will see yourself as good fun. Our ideal self is the idea that we develop of who we would like to be e.g. being more organised, more helpful etc… This means that our self esteem is the difference between our self concept and our ideal self. The smaller the gap between these two concepts, the higher a person’s self esteem.
Topic: Values and Attitudes 24. (p. 87) People who are extraverted are more likely to experience positive moods than people who are introverted. TRUE People who are high on extraversion are especially likely to experience positive mood. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Bloom's: Understand Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: 03-03 Appreciate how moods and emotions influence all members of an organization Topic: Moods and Emotions 25. (p. 87) Emotions are more intense feelings than moods and are long-lived.