11/1/13$1$Health'&'Well*Being'(2)'PSYC'100'Fall'2013'! Historically,'psychology'uses'a'view'of'human'nature'that'focused'on'the'pathologies'! But'what'about'improving'“normal”'lives'to'be'happier…?'Positive'Psychology'Positive'Psychology'11/1/13$2$Positive'Psychology'i>clicker'Martin'Seligman,'the'founder'of'positive'psychology,'quotes'a'study'in'which'children'were'given'a'math'test.''They'were'randomly'assigned'into'one'of'three'groups:'(1)'One'group'took'the'test'at'once,'(2)'Another'was'given'an'unexpected'piece'of'chocolate'and'then'took'the'test,'(3)'a'third'group'were'asked'to'think'of'a'time'they'were'so'happy'they'jumped'up'and'down'with'joy'and'then'they'took'the'test.''The'second'and'third'groups'did'better'on'the'test.'i>clicker'! This'study'has'what'kind'of'research'design?'A. observational/descriptive'B. correlational'C. experimental'D. none'of'the'above'11/1/13$3$i>clicker'! What'is'the'independent'variable?'A. math'score'B. gender'of'child'C. happiness'D. none'of'the'above'i>clicker'! What'is'one'of'the'drawbacks'to'this'kind'of'study'design?'A. directionality'B. third'variable'problem'C. observer'bias'D.
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