PSYCH 3BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Extraversion And Introversion, Barometer, Beck Depression Inventory
29 Apr 2016
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An emotion: an acute, intense, and relatively brief psychophysiological reaction to being the recipient of a benefit from another. A moral virtue: it is good and proper to be grateful. A habit: something we do over again because we have been rewarded for it. A way of life: being grateful for every single moment. Grateful person is: motivate to prosocial behaviour o o. Inhibited from destructive interpersonal behaviour (antisocial and destructive) Moral barometer: alerts people to receiving prosocial behaviour from others. Moral motivator: stimulates us to behave prosocially towards others, as they have towards us. Moral reinforcer: reinforce us for prosocial behaviour towards others. Generalize gratitude to more people for given event. Measures the extent to which people feel gratitude. 6 questions on a 7 point likert scale. Questions based on what people have to be grateful for. Associates: external observer ratings of gratitude, positive affect, well-being, prosocial behaviour (reciprocity), religiousness (spirituality), low envy, low materialism, extraversion, agreeableness, low neuroticism.
