PSYC 3302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Extraversion And Introversion, Food Porn, Electromyography
16 Jul 2020
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Describing positive psychology: positive psychology is the scientific study of positive experiences, dispositions, contexts and processes, in individuals and groups, that facilitate well-being, achievement and harmony. For example, looking at the personality traits that make someone happy is characteristic of personality psychology but can also be considered positive psychology. Humanistic and health psychology and the subdisciplines that have particularly similar perspectives to positive psychology: the main characteristic that makes positive psychology a science is because it uses the scientific method (observations, hypothesis testing). Replication and methods: the 2 methods used by positive psychologists are (1) correctional approach and (2) experimental approach, the correlational approach involves looking at the relationship among 2 things. This tells use if there is a relationship and if so, how strong and in what direction. The advantages are that they occur in more naturalistic environments (observe things as they are), and provide an easy to understand number (correlational coefficient) describing the relationship.
