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What is Positive Psychology?

What is Positive Psychology?. Hans Henrik Knoop Aarhus University, Denmark. COMPETENCE ? HAPPINESS ? PROGRESS ?. 2008. Hans Henrik Knoop . 2008. Hans Henrik Knoop . 2008. Hans Henrik Knoop .

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What is Positive Psychology?

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  1. What is Positive Psychology? Hans Henrik Knoop Aarhus University, Denmark

  2. COMPETENCE ? HAPPINESS ? PROGRESS ? 2008 Hans Henrik Knoop

  3. 2008 Hans Henrik Knoop

  4. 2008 Hans Henrik Knoop

  5. Short answer:PP is the study of wellbeing and optimal functioning in human life – and how to foster this as individuals, groups and societies

  6. Genes:source of 40-50 % of your happiness This is because we are born with a kind of chemically determined basic mood called the happiness set-point Material life-circumstances:source of 10-20 % of your happiness The reason that it is not more is that we get used to good things which is calledhedonistic adaptation Immaterial (volitional) life-circumstances:source of 30-40 % of your happiness Freedomto engagein joyful activity here and now Freedomto existentially and socially to engagein a bigger, more long-sighted, meaningful perspective How is your mood being produced? (Lyubomirsky, 2007)

  7. Denmark: A Multiple Choice Society? • Ruut Veenhoven: People live happiest in economically well developed nations that are well governed and allow their citizens a lot of freedom, in short, in modern multiple choice society • 5 mi. citizens (very few) • 43.000 square kilometers (very few) • World’s highest economic equality (gini-index 2000-) • Very high level of personal autonomy / Very low power distance / Very low level of blind obedience (Hofstede, 1984-) • Very high level of creativity / material wealth • Very high level of access to information / media+ICT - 85-95% computer and internet access in private homes (Plovsing & Nielsen, 2009) • World’s lowest level of corruption (Transparency International, 2008) • World’s highest level of social trust (Bjørnskov, 2009) • Some of the world’s happiest (Veenhoven 2010; Diener 2009) Hans Henrik Knoop, 2010

  8. The desire to learn and create Result: Increased competence Result: Increased creativity Hans Henrik Knoop, 2010 Action: Intrinsically motivated learning and creativity Desire to learn more Desire to create more Experience: Desire to learn and create:curiosityand entrepreneurship Experience: Intrinsically motivating positive emotions Experience: Intrinsically motivating engagement Experience: Intrinsically motivating social relations Experience: Intrinsically motivating meaning Preconditions: Aesthetics and functional settings Preconditions: Autonomy, purpose, energizing goals, un-bureaucratic rules, flexible degree of challenge, non-humiliating feedback and possibility for concentration Preconditions: Positive support and positive challenge Preconditions: Usability Good reasons Base: Unfolding individual strengths in daily life

  9. Knoop, H. H. & Lyhne, J. (red.) (2005). Et nyt læringslandskab – Flow, Intelligens og det gode læringsmiljø. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag. Knoop, H. H. (2002). Leg, læring og kreativitet – hvorfor glade børn lærer mere. København: Aschehoug. Knoop, H. H. (2006). Når lysten til at lære overlever mødet med skolen. I: Hejgaard, J. et al. Mit barn skal I skole. København: Mejeriforeningen, Rådet for Større Færdselssikkerhed og Skole & Samfund. Knoop, H. H. (2007). Wise Creativity and Creative Wisdom. In: Craft, A., Gardner, H. & Claxton, G (eds.) Creativity, Wisdom and Trusteeship. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Knoop, H. H. (2007). Control and Responsibility: A Danish Perspective on Leadership. In: Gardner, H. (ed.). Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Knoop, H. H. & Gardner, H. (2001). Good Work in a Complex World. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Lyhne, J. & Knoop, H. H. (red.) (2008). Positiv Psykologi – Positiv Pædagogik. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag. Tidsskriftet Kognition & Pædagogik. Virum: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag Test dine karakterstyrker her: www.viasurvey.org Test din positivitetsratio her: www.positivityratio.com/single.php Min hjemmeside på DPU / Århus Universitet: www.dpu.dk/om/knoop 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology: www.ecpp2010.dk READ ON

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