MGC2230 Study Guide - Final Guide: Positive Psychology, Civic Virtue, Management System
8 Aug 2018
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Week 3 - positive psychology & work satisfaction. Forms of happiness: positive emotions, flow, social relations, meaningfulness, achievement. The research on how individuals can optimise and sustain positive life experiences in multiple areas (eg. work, family, relationship, fitness, etc). Traditional psychology tries to find out what is wrong with someone and fix them. This modern approach encourages people to be the best they can be in all areas of their lives by asking more positive questions such as what makes life worth living and how to reach your ultimate potential . An expectation that in the future, more good things will happen than bad. Psychological training programs role models (parents, hang out with more positive people) Tend to explain negative events or experiences by attributing them to temporary, external, specific factors = optimists. Optimists = we didn"t see eye to eye, i couldn"t do my best in that situation. Pessimists = i"m not good at managing clients, i am stupid.
