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IBP Social Psychology Summary - Dealing with Adversity and Achieving a Happy Life -ch 12
Social and Organizational Psychology
IBP 2017-2018
Dealing with Adversity and Achieving a Happy Life
Stress: a contributing factor to psychological and physical health problems
- Can stem from traumatic events, or frequent daily hassles
- Interferes with the operation of the body’s immune system, and can be measured at the cellular level
- Stress can be reduced by social support
Loneliness: when a person has fewer and less satisfying relationships than desired
- If you see your personality as “fixed”: you are likely to react to rejection by cutting yourself off from others
- If you perceive yourself as capable of change: experience rejection as an opportunity for future improvement or growth
- Interventions related to self-change help to improve people’s resilience in the face of stress and reduce the likelihood of depression
Discrimination
- Experiencing discrimination based on disability, sexual minorities, and weight, is associated with harm to well-being
- Weight discrimination predicts mortality
Improving mental health
- Regular exercise
- Social support has shown to be beneficial for people with PTSD
- Joining groups can foster social connectedness and help prevent depression
- Practicing self-forgiveness
Is the legal system fair?
- Understand potential sources of error and bias within the current system
- Lineups used to identify criminal suspects are subject to bias if all the suspects are shown at once (simultaneous lineup)
- In legal proceedings, defendants’ race, gender, physical attractiveness, and socioeconomic status can influence jurors’ perceptions and judgments
Happiness: often referred to as subjective well-being with four basic components:
- global life satisfaction
- satisfaction with specific life domains
- a high level of positive feelings
- a minimum of negative feelings
Several factors consistently account for a nations’ average happiness levels:
- degree of social support
- per capita income
- healthy life expectancy
- freedom to make life choices
- generosity toward others
- amount of violence
- degree of corruption
On being happy:
- Happy people are more community-oriented than unhappy people
- Monetary wealth beyond a certain point does not necessarily increase happiness
- The optimum level of well-being theory: very high levels of happiness can foster complacency or lead to unjustified overoptimism
- Growing evidence supports the idea that happiness levels are fundamentally changeable
- Many of the characteristics needed to be a successful entrepreneur are the same ones that contribute to happiness levels
- Self-determination theory: entrepreneurs typically have strong intrinsic motivation
References:
Baron, R., & Branscombe, N. (2016). Social psychology (14th edition) Harlow: Pearson Education Limited
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