PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Positive Psychology, Victimology
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If you want to be happy practice. If you want others to be happy practice compassion (dali lama) Marty seligman; the father of positive psychology (psychology viewed as victimology) Only a decade year old (new) as well as ancient field; with questions drawn from ancient period. Key struggle of positive psychology; difficult to operationalize concepts in positive psychology (ex. Even the question of how happy are you can be a na ve question because the person unable to know for themselves (limited by the depth of self-awareness) self-report fails in the measurements. 2 tests; mc midterm #1 (from this person"s perspective, what would be the best possible answer?) Like a short answer and essay type of questions. Essay test for test #2 (non-cumulative; yet may still ask for relation to materials in the first half) 2 thought paper assignments; 1 page long single spaced (opportunity to think critically about the reading)
