PSYC 406 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.3: Divergent Thinking, Positive Psychology, 40 Minutes
23 Nov 2016
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In recent years, a movement known as positive psychology has emerged to redress the imbalance in research focused on psychopathology. Positive psychology - the scientific and practical pursuit of optimal human functioning. At the subjective level - subjective experiences; well-being, satisfaction, hope and optimism. At the individual level - positive individual traits; capacity for love, courage, perseverance An important element of this movement is positive psychological assessment, which can be defined as the measurement of specific human strengths. A simple definition of creativity remains elusive, and its assessment continues to be problematic. Hundreds of tests of creativity have been published. These conceptual definitions emphasise novelty and usefulness of the creative product, but also suggest that creativity is a particular kind of process as well. The question of whether creativity is general or domain-specific in nature. Kaufman and baer final conclusion that the evidence for c (general creativity) is weak.
