Ch. 15–Positive Psychology: The Scientific And Practical Explorations Of Human Strengths

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A supervisor who is: aware of how they are perceived, aware of others values, knowledge, strengths; aware of context, hopeful, optimistic, resilient, high on moral character.

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Authentic boss

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An employee’s feeling that, despite working hard, he or she is unable to do everything that needs to be done. The employee is tired and perceives a lack of reward from his or her job.

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Burnout

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A strong motivation in which a person repeatedly takes a course of action that is intrinsically satisfying.

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Calling

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Personal confidence in one’s capacity to handle career development and work-related activities

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Career self-efficacy

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the amount of psychological attachment a worker feels toward the organization for which they work.

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Commitment

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An attempt, based on attachment theory, at socialization that involves building caring and trusting relationships with students who have insecure attachments with their primary caregivers.

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Developmental discipline

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An employee’s involvement with his or her work. It depends on employees knowing what is expected of them, having what they need to do their work, having a chance to improve and develop, and having opportunities to develop relationships with coworkers.

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Engagement

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Work that contributes to a healthy life by providing variety, a safe working environment, income, purpose, happiness and satisfaction, engagement and involvement, a sense of performing well and meeting goals, and companionship and loyalty to coworkers, bosses, and companies.

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Gainful employment

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The skills, knowledge, education, experience, ideas, and abilities of employees that are assets to a company.

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Human capital

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Assets to a company that result from employees’ efficacy, hope, optimism, and resiliency.

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Positive psychological capital

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An approach to education that consists of care, trust, and respect for diversity, where teachers develop tailored goals for each student to engender learning and then work with that student to develop the plans and motivation to reach his or her goals.

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Positive schooling

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A state in which employees may be physically at work but, because of mental health problems resulting from aversive and repetitive work experiences, are unproductive and unhappy.

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Presenteeism

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Assets of a company or person that result from their social relationships, network of contacts, and friends—i.e., assets based on “who you know.”

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Social capital

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Approach to employment involves increasing an employee’s awareness of their talents, integration of them into the employee’s self-image, and behavioral change in which the employee learns to attribute successes to his or her talents.

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Strengths-based approach to gainful employment

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Reasonably challenging goals in which the student seeks a slightly more difficult learning goal than attained previously.

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Stretch goals

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The physical facilities and assets of a company, such as plants and buildings, equipment, data, patents, and technology.

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Traditional economic capital

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People so engaged in and obsessed by work that they are unable to disengage from it and attend to responsibilities of families and friends.

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Workaholics

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With regard to research related to the sense of performing well, which of the following theories is most relevant?

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Bandora's self-efficacy contruct

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An employee’s involvement with his or her work is?

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Engagement

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An employee’s enthusiasm with his or her work is?

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satisfaction

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What are the three stages of Clifton & Harter's approach?

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1. Identification of talents
2. Defining themselves to their talents
3. Changing behavior and attributing to talents

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The corelation of job satisfaction with overall happiness is approximately

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.40

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The relationship between job performance and general satisfaction is approximately

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.30

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Name of study LBJ commissioned and what did it find?

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Coleman Report

Equality of Educational Opportunity Report

Schools do not make much of a differences

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What factor yields better student learning?

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teacher quality

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What does No Child Left Behind emphasize and when did it pass?

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teacher accountability

2001

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Who is considered the father of the concept of mental age?

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Binet

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Who emphasized enhancement of student skills over fixing weaknesses?

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Binet

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Who accentuated praise as more influential on students that criticism?

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Elizabeth Hurlock

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Who explored the thinking of truly brilliant learners?

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Terman

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who came up with the jigsaw approach?

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Aronson

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Who fought for programs for gifted children?

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Seligman

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Who researched how goals could help students learn?

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Carol Dweck

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Who took a goal-oriented approach to learning and had students solve a mystery?

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Cialdini

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What are behaviors of motivational teachers?

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• sensitive to needs
• try to answer questions
• take risks and try new approaches
• praise

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teacher who emphasized hope, empowerment, and the spirit of learning

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Buskist

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2012 Teacher of the year

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Rebecca Mieliwocki

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Who came up with the self-efficacy concept?

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Bandura

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Who described how workers from all levels can perceive their work as a calling?

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Amy Wrzesniewski

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Correlation between employee performance and engagement at work? Who?

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Harter

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Group sessions where parents learn to balance family and pursuit of money. Who?

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Positive Parenting Program

(Triple P)

Sanders

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Assessment that shows the effects of friendship on happiness, satisfaction, and productivity at work. Who?

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Vital Friends Assessment

Rath