Documented a Few Vocabulary Terms:

Positive Psychology

the branch of psychology that studies human flourishing and happiness

The G.I. Joe Fallacy

the mistaken idea that knowing is half the battle

Nudge

a policy that alters people's behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their incentives

Libertarian Paternalism

a police that tries to influence people to choose in a way that will make them better off

default option

the choice a decision maker gets in a situation (take the easy road and do nothing)

Subjective well being

a person's self-perceived happiness and life satisfactions. ( a person's cognitive and affective evaluations of his/her/their life).

consists of cognitive and affective parts

cognitive part

life satisfaction: one's evaluation of life as a whole

affective evaluation

positive emotions + negative emotions

Self- report

an empirical method that involves just asking participants about their feelings, attitudes, beliefs, etc

heritability

the proportion of variance on a given trait that is due to genetics

Goals in My Life

  • Try to achieve good grades, to give yourself the best chance of being admitted to an elite college that is known for it's computer science programs; leading to ease in landing a job.
  • Try to strive for happiness; do things that make you happy; stay with sports (basketball & football)
  • Keep my family proud (self-explanatory)