PSYC37H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9b.docx
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Since wwii clinical psychological has been all about taking off the symptoms and syndromes people have. We are so keen on finding and doing research on diseases and treatments for disorders: we neglect any attention on the positive perspectives. Positive psychology- scientific and practical pursuit of optimal human functioning. Some stuff in positive psyc includes: altruism, tolerance, ethics. Positive psyc assessment is one aspect of positive psyc: measurement of specific human strengths. Hundreds of new instrument created to measure, assess, and test positive psyc. Snyder and lopez in 2003 published 24 chapter book on all the new instruments. Simple definition of creativity and the assessment towards it still elusive and problematic. Hundreds of test but most question validity: criterion problem. John b. watson in his terms thought creativity- poem or brilliant essay is mere product of shifting words around until a new pattern is hit upon: with his simple view many started to formulate more thoughtful perspectives.