List the positive benefits of expressing gratitude. Cite a research study in your answer
What will be an ideal response?
Expressing gratitude is a prosocial behavior that promotes good feelings, enhances social relationships, and increases your well-being. It enables you to more fully savor the benefits of positive actions taken by others on your behalf. In addition, people tend to like grateful people and are more likely to give them social rewards. So people that express appreciation and gratitude give social rewards and are more likely to receive them in kind.
To illustrate the positive benefits of expressing gratitude we can look at a study (Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005) that found that non-clinical participants who wrote a letter of gratitude and delivered it in person to someone who had not been properly thanked felt happier and less depressed than placebo controls. The gains persisted for up to one month.
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a. only for REM sleep. b. only for NREM sleep. c. for that deprived sleep stage, NREM or REM. d. for none of the sleep or dream stages.
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A) the lower left frontal lobe and the inner part of the left parietal lobe B) the lower left frontal lobe and the inner part of the left temporal lobe C) the lower right frontal lobe and the inner part of the left occipital lobe D) the lower right frontal lobe and the inner part of the right parietal lobe
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a. remember it when the caffeine wears off b. remember it the next time they are under the influence of caffeine c. forget it the next time they are under the influence of caffeine d. forget it when the caffeine wears off
Aiden is sick of writing papers and studying for tests, but he knows he needs a college degree if he wants to be successful in his chosen career. So every morning Aiden gives himself a dressing down-in essence, yelling at himself-to make himself get out of bed and go to classes, and every evening he does the same thing to get himself to do his work. According to Freud, which personality structure is in control here?
A. the id B. the ego C. the unconscious D. the superego