Interdisciplinary Psychology:

In general I am extremely satisfied with the basic concept of positive psychology. The idea of focusing on all of the good in people and in life is a concept that I have tried to practice in my life, but it has been the main guiding force in my personal life for the past year.

            I was very interested in chapter 5 and the information on love’s relation to well being. I have experienced increase in my personal well being when I was in a long-term relationship but the statement on page 87 “a number of studies have found that being married is the only really significant bottom-up predictor of life satisfaction” surprised me. In the long run I would believe this to be true but I also know that at least for me I had to develop a firm satisfaction for my life as a single woman before I was able to be truly satisfied within a serious long-term relationship.

The 2 activities for lifting my mood both involved stepping away from responsibility. When my mind is wondering and I am not being as productive as I should be I have trouble keeping my mood positive, For example, the longer I work on homework and don’t week to be getting anything done, it puts me in a bad mood. This past week I was