PSY 364 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meaningful Life, Square Wave, Life Satisfaction
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11th reason to be optimistic: the new era of positive psychology. 60+ years - psychology worked in the disease model. Points out what"s wrong with you - none of the disorders were treatable. billion - nimh none were treatable. Developed into a science of mental illness - classifications, etc. Invent drug and psychological treatments test in random-assignment, placebo-controlled designs. Psychology & psychiatry - make miserable people less miserable. Psychologists and psychiatrists became victimologists and pathologists. Forgot about the people - improving normal lives (mission) In the rush to repair damage/fix people forgot about positive interventions (make people happier) Concern with human strength as well as weakness. Building strength as well as repairing damage. Be concerned with making the lives of normal people fulfilling. Nurturing high talent - undirty the word. Classification of the strengths and virtues that looks at the sex raion, how they"re defined, how to diagnosie them, what builds them and what gets in their way.
