AP®︎ Psychology: Topic 5.2 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 5.2 of AP Psychology – Positive Psychology.
Questions List
Topic 5.2
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: 5.2.A
What is the primary focus of positive psychology?
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Topic 5.2: Positive Psychology
Learning Objective: 5.2.A
Explain how positive psychology approaches the study of behavior and mental processes.
Essential Knowledge: 5.2.A.1
Positive psychology seeks to identify factors that lead to well-being, resilience, positive emotions, and psychological health.
Learning Objective: 5.2.B
Explain how positive subjective experiences apply to behavior and mental processes.
Essential Knowledge: 5.2.B.1
Expressing gratitude, a positive subjective experience, increases subjective well-being.
Essential Knowledge: 5.2.B.2
People who exercise their signature strengths or virtues report higher levels of positive objective experiences such as happiness and subjective well-being. A classification of character strengths has been developed around 6 categories of virtues: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.
Essential Knowledge: 5.2.B.3
Posttraumatic growth, a positive subjective experience, may result after the experience of trauma or stress.
