Index What is self determination theory How to apply self determination theory How self determination theory is related to happiness Related Questions: Related Topics: References

How our brain works to decide how to behaves? Our brain: receives information about the situation we are living at the moment filters great parts of the information because it would need too much time to considerate every single information we receive from our senses. then compares these information with our beliefs, the experiences lived in the past and the meaning we have given to those experiences. These composes our mental models.

What are emotions? Emotions are a way to describe a whole of thoughts, feelings and behaviours. What are positive and negative emotions? Positive emotions are emotions associated with happiness and wellbeing. Negative emotions are emotions associated with suffering. Why do we experience emotions? Because is one of the ways our brain works to decide how behaves in our life. Why can’t we simply ignore emotions? Various researches suggest that: simply ignore emotions can have negative effects in the long term from the psychological point of view.

Because our thoughts and in particular the presence of negative thoughts have a huge impact on our happiness, I want to know more about this topic. What are thoughts? And in particular negative thoughts? Thoughts are words, images, stories that are created by our minds. They are not necessarily true. Negative thoughts in particular are thoughts about self, others or the world in general that are associated with negative emotions.

What is well-being? Well-being is a state that a person reach when one does what is good for oneself. Why some people behave in a way that bring them to feel pain and negative emotions instead to reach well-being? Premises (A) Some people misinterpret experiences they lived. (B) Some people can make a mistake evaluating the possible consequences of their behaviour. (C) We evaluate the possible consequences of our behaviour based on the past experiences and the interpretation we gave them.

Index What is happiness Why pursuing happiness What are the differences between Eudaimonic and Hedonic Is better to pursue Eudaimonic or Hedonic happiness Can happiness be measured What happiness depends on What contributes to well-being What is the relation between happiness and behaviour What are other things that influence behaviours Environment (Behaviour context) Do we choose our behaviours What are the main principles about happiness What are the most useful techniques to improve happiness Related Questions: Related Topics: References