Mental And Physical Aspects Of Life

From the perspective of positive psychology, there is a well-being formula invested by Martin Seligman to achieve a higher well-being. Martin Seligman (2010) defined as happiness: H (to maintain the length of happiness) = S (happy range breadth) + V (you can control the factors) + C (your living environment). Happy length: the distinction between "temporary" happy and "persistent" happy. Temporary happiness can be achieved by food, comedy, bunch of flowers. While the persistence of happiness is mainly affected by genetic, and this genetic trait can be changed. The breadth of happiness: psychologists think that we are born with a happy constant point, like a thermometer. If there is a happier thing, even if we are upset, it will be dedicated

Scientists have begun to realize that positive thinking can not only help during conflicts,but during everyday life. An article from the Huffington Post gives insight into this,”The benefits of positive emotions don’t stop after a few minutes of good feelings subside. In fact, the biggest benefit that positive emotions provide is an enhanced ability to build skills and develop resources for use later in life” (Clear). James Clear (taking insight for notable psychology experts) explains how positivity improves emotion and life quality. He also states that positivity is a useful resource in all social situations as well as

Supervisors and managers can encourage their employees to do things such as exercise (Wong, 2016) to help improve their mood, especially during significantly stressful times. Kinicki and Fugate (2016) wrote that emotions are products of our thoughts, behaviors, and experiences. They also wrote about some specific things we can do to manage our thoughts and behaviors to experience more positive emotions: manage expectations, take time to plan and organize, give a gift to other people, deflect partisan conversations, assume people have good intentions, focus on the job in front of you, and end the day with gratitude (Kinicki & Fugate,

Achor utilizes a meta-analysis, or the combination of different findings, of over 200 scientific studies to prove his overall theory that happiness leads to success in almost every aspect of life from family to friends to careers and businesses. He does not rely solely on the data or information from a few relevant case studies, but instead relies upon experimental research to support his claim. He utilizes his findings to create “The Seven Principles”, which are “patterns that predict success and achievement” (Achor, 17), which is headed by “The Happiness Advantage.” He utilizes the concept of positive psychology and neurological activity to showcase the point that we can “retrain our brains to

In order to direct one’s thinking they need negative emotions. The article “Happiness: Enough Already” declares that, “Studies show that when you are in a negative mood,” says Diener, “you become more analytical, more critical and more innovative” (Begley 456). Which proves that the happier one is the more absent minded they are; whereas when one is negative one is more likely to think before doing. According to “Don’t Worry, Be Gloomy” it states, “When we’re overly cheerful, we tend to neglect important threats and dangers” (David 124). There is something called being “too happy” meaning one experiences extreme levels of happiness and when one has these extreme levels that person tends to take riskier actions that would harm themselves or others. As the article continues it states, “Our so-called negative emotions encourage slower, more systematic cognitive processing” (David 124). Meaning that one would acknowledge and recall the more important details instead of following the interpretations and judgments of a situation from others. Therefore, the negative emotions actually help people get through their situations or life in general.

Some people argue that happiness helps make good decisions because happy people strive for the best result. David states, “[Positive emotions] help build vital social, physical, and cognitive resources that lead to positive outcomes and affiliations” (124). David points out that with the right amount of positivity, people make good judgments. The author acknowledges that happiness can have benefits, but she states that too much happiness could hurt human development because the mind does not consider the consequences of an action. Julie Norem, a psychology professor, points out, “’If you’re a pessimist who really thinks through in detail what might go wrong, that’s a strategy that’s likely to work very well for you’” (qtd. in Wallis). She explains

Nevertheless, the enhancing of the wellbeing is a question that begged for research. So, Scheier and colleagues focused on various aspects of situations in their research and measured the level of optimism derived from these situations. It turned out that positivity enhances wellbeing due to high embracement of optimism. The article supports the articulation that there is power to positive thinking although it is not that simple and direct. All, believing in the good that future holds is crucial in relating to the many aspects of life.

Weaknesses in the approach are it doesn’t consider the effect of environment on the mood. The approach is also deterministic and suggest that individuals are a product of their biology, everything is determined by the genes passed to

Physically, an individual may lower his blood pressure and heart risk, may heal from illness, and may live longer. It also helps the brain to function better by learning new skills and behavior. In terms of relationship, people become more cooperative and starts to appreciate and collaborate with other people. Positive emotion also broaden the possibilities in perceiving experiences beyond the narrow range of survival. It allows the individual to open their mind and heart to new ideas so that they could see the bigger picture more accurately to create a better strategies in coping. It makes the individual more optimistic, confident and creative in creating a decision that promotes a win-win

Furthermore, if wellbeing is synergistic to better learning an increase in wellbeing is likely to produce an increase in learning. Positive moods also produce broader attention, more creative thinking, and more holistic thinking. That is when compared to negative moods, which produce narrower attention, more critical thinking, and more analytic thinking (Seligman&Ernest, 2009). If college students could use their positive mood and positive thinking to enhance their learning and experience on campus, why doesn’t our education system promote such skills for happiness? Between the high rates of depression among young people, and the interaction between learning and positive emotion, skills for happiness should be taught in school. However, how should school professionals go about doing this?

No one question the positive effect of feeling good, but are there any benefits from unpleasant emotions? It seems that people has been chasing for good mood in the last 2 decades, but there are several people trying to find positive influences for feeling bad underneath. In the Psychology Today article “Beyond Happiness: The Upside of Feeling Down” (2015), Hutson focuses his attention on the how human beings benefit themselves from negative emotions. Hutson has some strong point that there are many positive effects from negative emotions, which are expressing anger is good in negotiation, guilt can motivate individuals to fix the mistake, and envy is one of the motivation to drive people to success.

Because happiness can be different things to different people, Happiness Advantage examines the importance of defining the happiness. People tend to follow the pattern of success leads to happiness; however, after many experiments, Achor has found out that people actually experience the moment of happiness before they successfully reach their goal. It’s important for a person to learn how to improve her mood and raise her level of happiness throughout the day. So that she can retrain her brain to capitalize on positivity in order to improve productivity and performance.

For the Emotions Daily journal experiment, I made notes to record how I am feeling when I wake up. When I wake up early in the morning I am in a bad mood. I’m just not a morning person at all. If I wake up in the afternoon I feel more refreshed and less moody. When I wake up in the evening I feel very good and am I feel like the rest of the day is going to be good. In this experiment I realized that I cannot control my emotions too well. If I wake up not feeling good then, I have a strong feeling it’s just not going to be a good day at all. However, when I wake up feeling rejuvenated I feel today is going to be a good day. Some things that I learned in emotional processing is that I realize my feelings are important to me. I need to acknowledge my emotions more and take the time out to understand how and why I feel like this. I tend to let my emotions come out freely. I need to learn how to control my emotions more and express them better. Some people notice that my emotions get the best of me. If I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, most likely it is definitely going to be a bad day. If I have a bad day, then I probably will say something mean to someone else and ruin their day as well. I’m going to start working on my emotional expression, and display my feelings better. Maybe if I try to wake up with a smile more often I’m pretty sure that my emotions will start improving.

Humans are an interesting species because of the strong need humans have to fully understand what it truly means to be human. Many fields such as history, psychology, and sociology all offer a perspective in the study of humanity, but there are distinguishable from anthropology. Anthropology differs from other humanities fields due to its holistic nature, comparative research methods, and the strong emphasis on fieldwork and participant interaction. Anthropology is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate and socialize with one another. In order for anthropologists to examine the full scope of human life, they employ the four field approach that embodies the holistic nature of the field.

The main idea of Affective Events Theory is the affective experience such as moods and emotions as crucial link in shaping attitudes and behaviours (Rosen, Harris & Kacmar, 2009). Based on Greenberg (2011), positive mood leads to positive memory