MATH 1100 – According to Brogaard what is the ‘Macbeth
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Question
QUESTION 1
According to Brogaard what is the ‘Macbeth Effect’?
Thinking that you have more power than you actually have
Feeling guilt for wrongdoings
None of the above
The effect that washing can have on guilt
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QUESTION 2
Brogaard suggests a method similar to ‘the Sinclair method’ for getting over your ex. This involves:
Expose yourself to thoughts and reminders of your ex, but also remind yourself of all the negative things
Think obsessively only about your ex’s good personality traits
Meditating to avoid thinking of your ex
Doing other activities to distract yourself from thinking about your ex
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QUESTION 3
Which of the following couples, according to On Romantic Love, has an open relationship (rather than a polyamorous or swinger relationship)?
Krista’s being married to Marc, who has a romantic relationship with Julia
Anna and Bruce
Carrie Jenkins and Jonathan Ichikawa
Abélard and Héloïse
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QUESTION 4
Burkeman’s theory of happiness is similar to which of the following?
Memento Mori
All of the above
Hellenistic Stoicism
Zen Buddhism
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QUESTION 5
Placement conditioning suggest what for overcoming heartbreak?
Associating negative things with your former lover
Rearranging your furniture
Keeping everything in the same place
Associating your negative emotions with a particular place
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QUESTION 6
According to Hayborn’s theory of happiness, which if the following is part of what it means to be happy?
Bodily pleasures
Feeling happy
Life satisfaction: the sense that your life is going well for you
Propensity to feel happy
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QUESTION 7
Brogaard takes issue with Oliver Berkeman, a critic of what he calls “the cult of optimism,” for ALL EXCEPT which of the following reasons?
He misunderstands Stoic philosophy.
He undervalues the empirically-supported benefit of positivity thoughts.
His attack of the emphasis on positive thinking is robustly supported by all of the empirical research done on the topic.
His view is not that all that different from standard cognitive behavioral approaches except it lacks the emphasis on positivity.
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QUESTION 8
Ultimately, Brogaard concludes that ‘wholehearted and reciprocated love for a caring and loving partner’ is the real predictor of:
your happiness
the rationality of your love
your Stoicism
the length of your relationship
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QUESTION 9
It’s easier to go through withdrawal for a heroin addiction in a new environment than in an old environment (that is. an environment in which you are accustomed to taking heroin). This is due to which phenomenon?
Placement conditioning
Detachment Conditioning
Phantom limb syndrome
Post traumatic stress disorder
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QUESTION 10
What does Brogaard think about the relation between ‘sheer bodily pleasure’, for instance, sex with a stranger, and happiness?
Sheer bodily pleasure could contribute to your propensity for happiness.
Sheer bodily pleasure is too shallow to contribute to happiness.
Only the connection one has with a partner in a long-term relationship contributes to overall happiness.
One should engage in as much sheer bodily pleasure as possible as this is the primary source of happiness.
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QUESTION 11
According to Brogaard, what does King Edward VII’s choice to give up the throne and be with Wallis Simpson exemplify for Nietzsche?
aligning with human nature by sacrificing power
power over one’s self, arising from self-love and authenticity
going against human nature by sacrificing power
a lack of power over one’s desires
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QUESTION 12
Which of the following does Brogaard cite as one of the causes of community-wide long-term monogamy?
Moments identified as perfect instances of true love mirroring the type of love in real love relationships
The bliss of a relationship lasting about seven years
Polyamory
The nuclear family structure and its constraints on natural urges
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QUESTION 13
Which of the following statements is not true about the “casual view” of sex?
when sex is likely to subtract from your well-being, it is unjustified and irrational
love and attachment are relevant to whether sex is permissible
there is nothing inherently bad about casual flings
love and attachment are irrelevant to whether sex is permissible
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QUESTION 14
According to the 2006 study by Alois Stutzer and Bruno Fray, what is the connection between happiness and marriage?
Marriage generally leads to happiness
Happiness generally leads to marriage
Happy people tend to stay married for longer
There is no correlation between happiness and marriage