AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Research showed that people were happier, more creative and more productive when in a state of ____
A
Flow
B
Happiness
C
Creativity
D
Mental Wellbeing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Creative flow shares the feature of coming to mind rather than found through effort, and may be surprising, but rather than a single idea which solves or restructures a prior problem, flow unfolds over time. The ease of processing is part of the emerging creation, not a process subsequent to it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discovered that people find genuine satisfaction during a state of consciousness called Flow. In this state they are completely absorbed in an activity, especially an activity which involves their creative abilities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as ‘creative flow’, ‘flow state’, or ‘creative flow state’, and defined as the mental state of being completely present and fully immersed in a task, it is an immersive, psychosomatic experience in and of itself that you most likely have found yourself in at some point.

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