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Compton Response

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Submitted by Walter L. Harris on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 8:54am.
I liked they way that Mr. Compton walked you back through the history of Psychology to show how the positive side was overlooked throughout history.  He talked about the three major dimensions: positive subjective states, positive traits, and positive institutions. I understood the positive traits and the positive subjective states, but I couldn’t figure out the positive institutions!  He also talked about how our emotions come from hereditary factors, if so how much? Why can people create different emotions from similar events through their interpretation? I thought about this for awhile and I came up with the fact that it’s in the processing of the information.

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Activities

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Submitted by Walter L. Harris on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 2:26pm.

The Four Activities

 

The first activity that I picked was the elevator ride. (Up please) Some of the strategies I use for lifting my mood are watching cartoons on television, listening to music, or socializing with friends and family. I find this increase my positive emotions. The reason I chose these things are because of the fact that I can get away from life’s negative circumstances for a while. I find that when I come back to the problem I have a positive outlook to begin with again on the problem. (Down please) The way I slow my cognitive processes and physiological arousal is by either detaching myself from the situation for a few minutes by walking away to clear my mind, or by doing breathing exercises, or by meditation. I find by doing this I stay in a good mood during the day.


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