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Psychology of Happiness: Lovely Professional University Assignment - 1

The document discusses positive emotions and optimism. It defines positive emotions as not just happy feelings, but emotions that play a significant role in life. Optimism is described as seeing opportunities in difficulties rather than just problems. Specific positive emotions like joy, gratitude, and love are explained. The impacts of positive emotions include improved health, performance, and decision making. Building habits to experience more positive emotions can lead to greater happiness and resilience.

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Psychology of Happiness: Lovely Professional University Assignment - 1

The document discusses positive emotions and optimism. It defines positive emotions as not just happy feelings, but emotions that play a significant role in life. Optimism is described as seeing opportunities in difficulties rather than just problems. Specific positive emotions like joy, gratitude, and love are explained. The impacts of positive emotions include improved health, performance, and decision making. Building habits to experience more positive emotions can lead to greater happiness and resilience.

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Lovely Professional University

Assignment – 1

Psychology of Happiness

Name : T.Lokanadham Reddy


Reg no. : 11810601
Section : KOE51
Roll no. : RKEO51A11
Course code : PSY802
Submitted to : Dr. Jahangeer Majeed
 Positive Emotions And its Influences

 Before diving too deep into positive emotions, we should


start by making sure we’re all on the same page about
emotions and positive emotions in particular.

 Positive emotions are not simply “happy feelings” that we


chase to feel momentary pleasure; like the more negative
emotions, they play a significant role in everyday life.

 The list of positive emotions that people experience is nearly


endless. Not all of these words refer to emotions as scholars
understand them, but they are the words most often used by
people in describing their own emotions.

 ART OF OPTIMISM

 A pessimist sees the difficult in every opportunity; an


optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

 Simply it can say the tendency to look on the more favorable


side of events or conditions.

Why Optimism?
 Improves overall health
 Improves recovery from illness.
 Combines with talent and desire to enable achievement.
 It influences people to like you.
 It generates positive energy, causing good things to happen.
 It avoids and beat pessimism.

Overcoming pessimism:

 Firstly recognize pessimistic thoughts.


 Finally distract or dispute
Ex: Take the situation, Examine the evidence and find the
alternative explanations and challenge the situation and finally
discarding beliefs that are not useful.

 Positive Emotion words People Use and


their impact.

 Joy - sense of elation, happiness, and perhaps even


exhilaration, often experienced as a sudden spike due to
something good happening.

 Gratitude – a feeling of thankfulness, for something specific


or simply all-encompassing, often accompanied by humility
and even reverence.
 Interest – a feeling of curiosity or fascination that demands
and captures your attention.

 Hope – a feeling of optimism and anticipation about a


positive future.

 Inspiration – feeling engaged, uplifted, and motivated by


something you witnessed.

 Satisfaction – a sense of pleasure and contentment you get


from accomplishing something or fulfilling a need.

 Affection – an emotional attachment to someone or


something, accompanied by a liking for them and a sense of
pleasure in their company.

 Surprise (the good kind!) – a sense of delight when


someone brings you unexpected happiness or a situation
goes even better than you had hoped.

 Confidence – emotion involving a strong sense of self-


esteem and belief in yourself; can be specific to a situation
or activity, or more universal.

 Happiness – a feeling of pleasure and contentment in the


way things are going; a general sense of enjoyment of and
enthusiasm for life.
 Love – perhaps the strongest of all positive emotions, love
is a feeling of deep and enduring affection for someone.

How positive emotions can improve the workplace

 Positive emotions have been shown to have a positive


impact on relationships (friends, and family), therapy and
counseling outcomes, grades and academic achievements,
and personal development.

 Positive emotions have led to enhancements and


improvements in work life, physical and mental health,
social relationships, community involvement, and income.

Finally what we gain from being positive:

 Positive emotions impact our lives. These outcomes are not


limited to one area of life but rather, span across every nook
and cranny of the human experience.

 The four main benefits of experiencing positive emotions


here.

 Reduced Stress and Boosted Well-Being


 Stronger Resilience
 Increased Performance and Engagement
 Increased Healthy Choices
Conclusion:
 When positive emotions open us up to new possibilities, we
are more able to learn and build on our skills. That leads to
doing better on tasks and tests.

 Building habits that encourage us to feel more positive


emotions can help us be happier, do better, and reduce our
negative emotions.

 Instead of narrowing our focus like negative emotions do,


positive emotions affect our brains in ways that increase our
awareness, attention, and memory.

 They help us take in more information, hold several ideas in


mind at once, and understand how different ideas relate to
each other.
“The best and most beautiful things
in the world cannot be seen or even
touched- they must be felt with the
heart.”

Thank you

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