PSYC 342 Study Guide - Final Guide: World Health Organization, Day Care, Problem Solving
11 Oct 2012
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Positive psychology= the scientific and applied approach to uncovering people"s strengths and promoting their positive functioning. Applied psychology questions: what is wrong with people? (study of deficits, understanding humans by only looking at weaknesses and pathologies, when working in one specialty, we are at risk of forgetting we are dealing with multiple difficult issues. Positive psychology questions: what is right with people? (study of assets) The things that make life worthwhile"- robert kennedy. In psychological research: balances already developed pathology model. Informs us about that which is good and strong in people. Ultimate goal= psychology as an inclusive approach: Going from negative to positive i. e. negative newspaper article focusing on the bad side of human behaviour in an airport. A positive story: coping in an airport, the readers loved the change in tone. Avoid us-versus-them" thinking: trying to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves. Previous paradigm explained behaviour at the time, focusing on disease pathology model.
