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| 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" |
| Subjective Well-Being (SWB) | a person's cognitive and affective evaluations of his/her/their life |
| Life Satisfaction | one's evaluation of one's life as a whole |
| Self-Report | an empirical method that involves just asking participants about their feelings, attitudes, beliefs, etc. |
| Feel-Good Do-Good Phenomenon | a psychological phenomenon in which people tend to help others when they are in a good mood |
| Miswanting | the act of being mistaken about what and how much you will like something in the future |
| Meta-Analysis | a statistical method that combines the results of multiple scientific studies to develop a single conclusion that has greater statistical power |
| Active Social Network Use | activities on social network sites that actively facilitate social interactions (e.g. posting a status update, chatting w/ other users, commenting on a post) |
| Passive Social Network Use | activities on social network sites that involve passively viewing content without social interaction (e.g. lurking, viewing status updates, reading news feed, viewing pics) |
