High levels of positive emotions create life satisfaction because ...

[Zoey63294]

High levels of positive emotions create life satisfaction because
 
  A) positive emotions lead people to help others who are feeling depressed.
  B) positive emotions make people unrealistically optimistic.
  C) people think, feel, and act in ways that build their emotional, physical, and social resources.
  D) positive emotions decrease cortisol and lead us to have thinner body shapes.
  E) people are only happy when they live in a stress-free environment.

Question 2

Personal happiness is influenced by having goals and
 
  A) the resources to attain those goals.
  B) having those goals always be just out of reach so we continue to improve ourselves.
  C) particularly unrealistic goals so that we can dream of a brighter future.
  D) never attain them so we are always looking to the future.
  E) setting the bar particularly high so that when achieved we feel accomplished.

[mcomstock09]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A