Optimism and Health There is much to be said about how optimism impacts our physical and psychological health. People who are optimistic are more likely to persevere in the face of diversity because they foresee a positive outcome. Ultimately our psychological self has a huge impact on our physical self. If we are going into a situation with a pessimistic attitude we will most likely be stressed‚ which could lead to high blood pressure and anxiety. This will in turn impact our psychological self
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Optimism and Health Melanie Chapman PSY/220 April 7‚ 2013 Kathleen Sturgess Optimism and Health In this paper we will be discussing the effects of optimism on both physical and psychological health. We will be gathering our facts from two peer reviewed articles that I researched in the University Library. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ optimism is defined as an inclination to anticipate the best possible outcome. In recent times‚ the theory that optimism can potentially turn your world
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Individual Optimism and Health John Smith Psy 220 March 23‚ 2011 Risa Hobson Optimists take proactive steps to protect their physical and mental health as well as focusing on goals that benefit their socioeconomic standing. "The trait of optimism may provide cognitive‚ coping‚ and contextual resources that promote better mental health" (Carver‚ et al.‚ 2010. p. 880 pp. 2). Optimism is a behavioral trait that describes people who look for the positive in a situation
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research of Dr. Martin Seligman‚ the concept of learned optimism was developed. Seligman explained that everyone may experience some momentary feelings of helplessness when encountering failing experiences. Seligman provides a systematic method to learned optimism that consists of recognizing and then disputing pessimistic thoughts. This method is referred to as the ABCDE model. ABCDE are the first letters of the steps that teachers of optimism can take in helping others develop optimistic explanations
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half full and contain enough soda to finish their meals. Looking on the positive side‚ Sarah is showing an example of optimism. Optimists believe they are responsible for their own happiness and believe that a negative event occurs rarely. Also‚ anytime something bad does happen‚ optimists think it is not their own fault‚ rather than something out of their control. Furthermore‚ optimism
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“So…what are you looking for?” The saleswoman says to me. All of a sudden‚ I see this cute shirt in the corner of my eye. Before I could even tell her what I wanted to try on‚ she looked at me straight in the eye and said‚ “I don’t think you can fit in our clothing…” I looked at her straight in the eye‚ just so she can see my disappointment and hurt. Do you want to know what I said? Okay. Yeah‚ that’s what I said. I bet that put her in her place. “So…how do you expect to fit into a prom dress
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Leibniz’s theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire’s use of satire‚ and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting their fate. Leibniz‚ a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire’s time‚ developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was "the best of all possible worlds." This systematic optimism shown by Leibniz is
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available to everyone‚ spreading the thoughts of optimism and the Enlightenment further. Diderot was important‚ but so was Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed in a government with little or no laws. He thought that when people had no laws that they knew right from wrong and were happier that way. Rousseau said this in his book‚ “Discourse on the origins of the Inequality of Mankind”. His want for everyone to be happy was a sign of his optimism. Voltaire‚ Diderot‚ and Rousseau brought a multitude
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Catherine Bartlett Johnna Maiorella Humanities through the Arts April 24‚ 2013 The Pursuit of Happiness What is happiness? What is virtue? Although these two things are important to us‚ we probably have not put much though into why. Most people would agree that happiness is something everyone wants or a state of being. Virtues are part of our character and encompass such things as loyalty‚ courage‚ truth‚ and integrity and are also an essential part of who we are. When we congratulate
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The Pursuit of Happiness In 1981‚ in San Francisco‚ the smart salesman and family man Chris Gardner invested the family savings in Ostelo National bone-density scanners‚ an apparatus twice more expensive than x-ray with practically the same resolution. The white elephant financially breaks the family‚ bringing troubles to the relationship with his wife that leaves him and moves to New York. Without money and wife‚ but totally committed with his son Christopher‚ Chris sees the chance to fight for
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