PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Positive Psychology, Psy, Psych
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Jan 29 lecture 4: poitive psychology and the new self. If 20th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)y (cid:449)as the (cid:862)(cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)y of psy-e(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:863), (cid:1006)(cid:1005)st century marks culmination of the growth of psy. Interested in how people who lived through such misery, could still be happy: orphans, holocaust survivors, ww2 etc. Interested in how people who have been through so much could be happy: positive psychology emerges as a new subdivision and dedicated itself to trying to understand the opposite side, that which is positive is good. At root: that which is good for you is positive, that which is bad for you is negative. Emotions like optimism can be learned, irrespective of life conditions: happiness is the result of cognitive outlook. It is possible to be positive by learning to have a positive outlook. Inverts freudian theory: freud: you think something because you feel it, positive psych: you feel something because you think it. Wellbeing is: positive emotion, accomplishment, relationships, meaningful life.
