chapter 5

4. emotions: emotions that are particularly common or intense within a specific
5. prompting people to see greater similarities between themselves and others,
8. leading to a culture's "hypercognition" of them, meaning they have many words
9. development.
11. Hypothesis: holds that positive emotions broaden thoughts and
14. building stronger relationships.
16. of predicting your own future emotional experiences, or how you will feel in the
19. social relationships, purpose in life, accomplishments, financial status, and
20. to all humans, regardless of their cultural background.
21. Satisfaction: an individual's overall cognitive judgment of their quality of life, a
22. and enduring state of well-being that differs from fleeting happiness. It is

1. Functional Theory: a framework developed to highlight the social nature of
2. core mental attributes, emotions, behaviors, or experiences that are
3. Forecasting: predictions about how life events will influence happiness; the
6. commitment, status, trust, fairness, and belonging within social interactions.
7. interpretations and evaluations that cause specific reaction in different people
10. concepts to describe that emotion.
12. considering other events.
13. by subjective criteria and influenced by factors such as physical and mental
15. narrowly focusing on how a single event will influence future happiness, while
17. brief,specific emotions
18. hormone that promotes feelings of love, trust, and empathy, facilitating social
23. posits that emotions evolved to help individuals meet relational needs like