Why would conscientious people be more satisfied with their lives?
What will be an ideal response?
Meta-analytic reviews report that conscientiousness (self-disciplined, efficient) ranks number one as the Big Five trait with the strongest positive relation to life satisfaction or number two behind extraversion. Why would conscientious people be more satisfied with their lives? Perhaps it is due to their greater likelihood of achieving their goals than impulsive or undirected individuals (those with opposite trait characteristics). Further, the process of setting challenging goals and working steadily toward them can create flow experiences, a concept that will be explored later, that lead to feelings of well-being.
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Thorndike's ideas about the stamping in or stamping out of a response tendency led to his statement of ____.?
a. ?the S-R connection b. ?reinforcement c. ?the law of satisfaction d. ?the law of exercise e. ?the law of effect
Thomas knows he is good at baseball because he can hit the ball further than any of his teammates. This is an example of what?
a. Internal frames of reference b. External frames of reference c. Internal and external frames of reference d. Psychological and social frames of reference