self awareness part 2
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Self Awareness - Part II
Understanding Your Mind
Negativity Bias:
The Cortical Lottery: Personality:
Characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings andbehavior that make a person unique
Affective Style
Understanding our Social Lives
Kin Altruism
Kin Altruism
Kin Altruism
Kin Altruism
Understanding our Social Lives
Kin Altruism Kin - One's relatives Altruism - Unselfish concern for the
welfare of others; selflessness
Kin Altruism
(-2, -2) (5, 0)
(0, -5) (-4, -4)
YourPartner
You
Do Not Squeal
Squeal
Squeal
Do Not Squeal
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Understanding our social lives
Reciprocity: (Reciprocal Action or Relation) Vengeance/Gratitude Gossip – Language Balance in early stages
of relationship (gifts, favours,attention, self disclosure)
All purpose relationship tonic Social glue….”We are one”
Zigong asked: “Is there any single word that would guide one’s entire life?”
The master said: “Should it not be reciprocity? What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.” – Analects of Confucius
Understanding our social lives
The Fault of Others Impression Management Self Serving Biases
The Pursuit of ……………..
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Progress Principle Pre-goal attainment positive affect Post-goal attainment positive affect
The Pursuit of HappinessThe Adaptation Principle
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Happiness Formula:
H = S+C+VH = Happiness
S = Set point
C = Conditions of your life
V = Voluntary activities
The Pursuit of Happiness
V in the happiness formula
People are like Archers
People are like Plants
The Pursuit of Happiness
V in the happiness formula Effectance motive: the need to develop
competence through interacting and controlling one’s environment
Pursuit of the right goals give meaning to our lives and a sense of happiness
Two kind of enjoyments: Physical pleasure Gratification
What would you do from hereon to have a happy, fulfilling and meaningful life?