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Learned Optimism

Learned Optimism. Qian and Marla . Can optimism be learned?. According to Martin Seligman, the answer is Yes . . Seligman coined the word of positive psychology, which focuses on optimism and happiness rather than on textbook neuroses and perpetual psychological dysfunction. .

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Learned Optimism

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  1. Learned Optimism Qian and Marla

  2. Can optimism be learned? • According to Martin Seligman, the answer is Yes.

  3. Seligman coined the word of positive psychology, which focuses on optimism and happiness rather than on textbook neuroses and perpetual psychological dysfunction.

  4. Negative Self-Talk • Pessimism: look at the worst of every sitution • Catastrophizing: ming the worst of a situaiton • Blaming: shifting the responsibiltiy for circumstances to someone other than yourself • Perfectionism: imposing above-human standards on your self

  5. Negative Self-talk • Polarized thinking: where everything is seen as an extreme • Should-ing: reprimanding yourself for things you should have done • Magnifying: blowing problems out of proportion • Awfulizing: putting mental processed into a shallow, one-track mode

  6. Self-fulfilling Prophecy • One technique to convert negative thoughts to neutral thoughts, similar to Ellis’s RET, is called thought stopping. • Self-fulfilling Prophecy is used to describe the link between perception/beliefs and their related behaviors.

  7. Summary • The acceptance of situation we have no control over is thought to be paramount as a stress management strategy. Focusing on the positive is reframing the current situation. It is an appreciation of the present moment. Acknowledge the negative. Learn from it, but don’t dwell on it. Focus on the positive aspects and build on them.

  8. Works Cited • Seaward, B. L. (2004). Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

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