PSYC 4600 Positive Psychology Chapter
11 Positive Institutions and Cultural
Well-Being fully solved
Employee engagement - correct answer ✔✔a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is
characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption
Maslach - correct answer ✔✔according to them, engagement is characterized by energy, involvement,
and efficacy
Exhaustion, cynicism, inefficacy - correct answer ✔✔the three burnout dimensions
Disposition - correct answer ✔✔studies have found that __ to positive emotionality can have a
significant impact on an individual at work
Personal zest - correct answer ✔✔defined by Peterson as approaching life with anticipation, energy, and
excitement
Personal fulfillment, worker productivity - correct answer ✔✔positive emotions at work can be partially
responsible for several processes that enhance both....
Isen - correct answer ✔✔studied the impact of positive emotions on several basic processes as wella s in
the workplace
More sociable, less aggressive, better able to recall positive information - correct answer ✔✔when
people are in good moods they are....
Spontaneous behavior - correct answer ✔✔prosocial behaviors that occur without special conosiuness,
they are more helpful to others, positive emotions increase this
, Vocational success - correct answer ✔✔there is a significant link between personal happiness and __ ___
Confidence, optimism, self-efficacy, likability, sociability - correct answer ✔✔people who have more of
these are more likely to be successful at work than their less happy peers
Approach-oriented behaviour - correct answer ✔✔positive emotions are associated with..... Which
makes people more apt to enter novel situations, to work with others, to pursue new goals
Engaged - correct answer ✔✔people who are happier and experience more positive emotions tend to be
more ___ in their job
Burnout, absenteeism, emotional exhaustion - correct answer ✔✔people who are happy show les... at
work
Helpful behaviour towards others - correct answer ✔✔there is experimental evidence that experiencing
happiness.... Like volunteering ones' tie, or donating
Psychological capital (PsyCap) - correct answer ✔✔term used to explain what catalyzes many helping
behaviours, defined as a combination of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience
Luthans - correct answer ✔✔proposed notion of PsyCap
Frequency, intensity - correct answer ✔✔___ of positive emotions at work may be more important than
their ___
Wrzesniewski - correct answer ✔✔found that people in jobs viewed their occupations in three ways: job,
career calling
Job - correct answer ✔✔a focus on the financial gains from work and on the necessity of earning a living
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