PSY 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Martin Seligman
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This model proposed by martin seligman explains the processes of motivation and happiness. Everyone pursues happiness, but very few know how to achieve it. Becoming happy is a complex task, because not everyone has the same idea of what happiness is and there are many ways to understand it. The perma model or theory of well-being is describes how people choose what makes them happy freely. It includes those elements of well-being that contribute to feeling good, having an optimal state of mind and facing daily life in a positive way. Martin seligman, who is considered the main founder of positive psychology, developed this model. Its objective is to facilitate people to consider a future and move towards it, in order to achieve the much-desired happiness. Seligman raises five components in his model, which contribute to well-being. When the person develops and improves each of these components, he approaches happiness, satisfaction and motivation.
