HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Positive Psychology, Medicalization, Neoliberalism
14 Apr 2018
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Lecture 4 positive psychology and the new self. Essay writing workshop next week after lecture. Culmination of the growth of psychology: late 1990s to present. 20th century understanding human nature and behaviour as a psychological basis: understanding how our psyches drive us. Transition away from focusing on the negative states and deficiencies to enhancement. Instead of returning people to normality we are focusing on pushing people forward and beyond the norm. Universal science of happiness : assumes that happiness is universal to all human beings (transcends culture and time, happiness is objective what makes humans as a species happy, promotion of well-being rather than the alleviation of mental disorder. Hungarian psychologist csikszentmihayli"s revelations and flow : flow moment of activity where time stops, living in the moment , outside stops , people need flow in order to feel good and to be happy. Interested in how people who have experienced extreme misery could be happy (ex: holocaust survivors)
