Study Sheet Exam 1
Try to know: 1) definitions; 2) empirical findings, when relevant; 3) relevance to happiness,
physical health, and, when possible, theories we’ve talked about in class (e.g., evolution). You
will not need to know author names and dates of studies to get questions right on the exam, but
it’s always good to do so.
Exam questions will be multiple choice and short ID and will be drawn from all four of the
course textbooks, as well as from lecture and section slides.
Cross-sectional research
Longitudinal research
The American Paradox
Kin Relationality
Ecological Belonging
Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths
Aristotle’s Principle of Moderation
Jen
Tao
Age and happiness (when are we most happy? Least happy?)
Commuting Paradox
Principle of Serviceable Habits
Commitment problem
Sympathetic Autonomic Nervous System
Parasympathetic Autonomic Nervous System
Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness
Adaptation
Sympathy breakthrough
Vastness
Accommodation
Oxytocin
Cortisol
Reverence
Elevation
Set point
Hedonic adaptation
Materialism
Depression gene
Gratitude
Gratitude as moral affect
Reverence
Best possible self
Social comparison
Moderation
Greater Good (Utilitarianism)
Sexual Selection
