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Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology. 2014. With Ed Wohlmuth. “…On the shoulders of giants”.

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Positive Psychology

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  1. Positive Psychology 2014 With Ed Wohlmuth “…On the shoulders of giants” Presentation adapted and inspired by the writings of Martin Seligman, Tal Ben Shahar, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Barbara Fredrickson, Jonathan Haidt, Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, William Glasser, Dan Gilbert, and others.

  2. Our Journey • Is this class another thing to do or your chance to tip the scales on happiness? • Our challenge and Opportunity: winter and waning energy • Knowledge, application, assessment Bridging the ivory tower and main street Rigor of academe

  3. The Scientific study of optimal human functioning

  4. The Road to Positive Psychology • Humanistic Psychology (50’s) • (The Third Force) • Reaction to behaviorism (First Force) • Reaction to psychoanalysis (Second Force) • Lacked rigorous methodology April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970 (62) Jan.8, 1902 – Feb. 4, 1987 (85)

  5. Martin Seligman Ellen Langer The Road to Positive Psychology The Scientific Study of Optimal Human Functioning – M Seligman MPS

  6. Commercial Break… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=yIutgtzwhAc

  7. Meaning Positive institutions: love relationship, family, school work, community Pleasure Strengths Positive Traits: Character, virtues, talents, interests, values Positive subjective experiences Pleasure, enjoyment, happy, fulfilled

  8. Why Positive Psychology? • Balancing attention between disorder research and wellness research • Happiness is not the negation of unhappiness • Cultivating capacity-positive emotion and relationships Psychological Abstracts (1967-2000) • Anger: 5,584 • Anxiety: 41,416 • Depression: 54,040 • Joy: 415 • Happiness: 1,710 • Life satisfaction: 2,582

  9. Hell at Hogwarts: 80% of Students at Harvard experiencing depression, 94% debilitating stress

  10. Why Positive Psychology? Depression 10 times higher today than 1960

  11. Why Positive Psychology? • Mean age for depression today is 14.5 (compared to 29.5 in 1960)

  12. Scope of Psychology neurosis, anger, anxiety, wellbeing, satisfaction, joy depression, psychosis excitement, happiness • _______________________ 0 ____________________ + Disease Model Health Model Focus on strengths Focus on weaknesses Overcoming deficiencies Avoiding pain Running from unhappiness Neutral state (0) as ceiling Tensionless as ideal Building competencies Seeking pleasure Pursuing happiness No ceiling Creative tension as ideal

  13. For Next Class… Read Chapter 1 of Happier

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