PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - The Shawshank Redemption, Positive Psychology
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Basic theoretical ideas or assumptions of positive psychology: the three theoretical pillars, positive emotions follow details. Fully functioning person (rogers: positive traits details below, positive institutions. Institutions are invariably a mix of the good and the bad my point is simply that some institutions can enable certain outcomes better than other institutions. (peterson, 2007: positive traits, the six core virtues. Unwilling to withdraw from anything difficult, dangerous or painful because it is worthwhile. The virtuous person has valuable traits that can pass hard tests, challenges, or temptations in difficult situations and not give in. Virtuousness occurs only after the person has resisted temptation or passed testing, not before. A positive bias in interpreting situations or outcomes. Positive bias becomes a motivator to overcome obstacles. Ex: the movie shawshank redemption is one example of a specific hope getting out! Optimism far outranks pessimism in terms of healthy outcomes.
