PS389 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Positive Psychology, The Good Life
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He305 week 1 introduction to positive psychology. What do you think of when you think of psychology: most people, especially those who have not taken an introductory psychology course, will probably think of mental illness. Popular culture is filled with images and depictions of psychology as simply being the practice of therapy, for people who are struggling with their mental health. In reality, as you know, since you"ve taken ps101 and ps102 or some other introductory psychology course, psychology involves much more than that. Psychology is the study of all of the areas in this diagram and more. It certainly covers mental illness, but it is the study of human behaviour in all its forms, including how we develop, learn, see the world, and interact with others. In january 2000, martin seligman and mihaly csikszentmihalyi wrote an article in american psychologist called positive psychology: an introduction .
