Psychology 2061A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Early Childhood Education, Stress Management, Job Performance
12 Dec 2015
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Positive psychology began in 1998 initiative of martin seligman. Psychology became dominated by am emphasis on pathology and the attempt to fix human problems. Seligman argued that by exclusively focusing on pathology we ignored the positive or good aspects of life. Moved from the study of depression and learned helplessness to the study of optimism. Luthans identifies himself as one of the first generation of organizational behaviour researchers became inspired by the positive psychology movement. Positive organizational constructs: leadership, motivation, organizational citizenship. Transformation of time (time flew by, surgery flew by) Flow provides a comprehensive measure of optimal experience. Dimensions for flow are highly correlated and substantial portion flow by ensuring those characteristics are present of shared variance. Intercorrelations: is flow a state (characteristic of the situation) or a trait characteristics of the individual: flow state organizations may endeavour to facilitate.
