Module 3 Quiz :Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills (Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization) Answers 2026

Question 1

Anxiety is a counterproductive emotion.

❌ True
✅ False

Explanation:
Anxiety can be productive when it signals threat and motivates preparation. It becomes counterproductive only when excessive or unmanaged.

Question 2

Catastrophizing:

❌ Is helpful for contingency planning
✅ Wastes critical energy
❌ Typically leads to guilt
❌ Helps you to take purposeful action

Explanation:
Catastrophizing drains mental energy and increases stress without improving outcomes.

Question 3

Which is NOT a demonstrated style of catastrophizing?

❌ Circling
❌ Downward spiral
❌ Ping pong
✅ Scattershot

Explanation:
Circling, downward spiral, and ping-pong were demonstrated styles; scattershot was not.

Question 4

Correct order of the cognitive skill to challenge catastrophizing:

✅ Worst case → Best case → Probable → Action
❌ Worst case → Action → Best case → Unlikely
❌ Best case → Unlikely → Worst case → Action
❌ Action → Worst case → Best case → Likely

Explanation:
This sequence helps regulate fear and move toward realistic, controllable action.

Question 5

Mindfulness actively challenges catastrophic thoughts in real time.

❌ True
✅ False

Explanation:
Mindfulness focuses on observing thoughts without judgment, not actively disputing them.

Question 6

Benefits of gratitude include:

❌ Stronger relationships
❌ More humility
❌ Better physical health
✅ All of the above

Explanation:
Research links gratitude to social, emotional, and physical benefits.

Question 7

Hunt the Good Stuff is a gratitude exercise.

✅ True
❌ False

Explanation:
It involves identifying positives and benefits—even within adversity.

Question 8

Negative emotions narrow attention; positive emotions broaden it.

✅ True
❌ False

Explanation:
This aligns with Barbara Fredrickson’s Broaden-and-Build Theory.

Question 9

Research on positive emotion and resilience shows that:

✅ Highly resilient individuals experience the same negative emotion but more positive emotion during stress
❌ They experience fewer positive emotions
❌ They experience fewer negative emotions

Explanation:
Resilience is about adding positive emotion, not eliminating negative emotion.

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