PSY 805 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Avoidance Coping, Learned Helplessness, Divine Command Theory

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 805
• Professor: Alexandra Fiocco

Document Summary

Western ideas of positive psychology can be linked back to the hebrew and christian idea of divine command theory, states that the path to happiness is to follow the commands of a supreme being. O(cid:272)rates (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed i(cid:374) (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g th(cid:455)self,(cid:863) relates to self-awareness and reflection. Hedonic definition of happiness focuses on positive feelings, good moods, and pleasurable experiences leading to happiness. There are fewer positive emotions than negative ones; positive emotions seem less distinct; psychology often focuses on healing negative issues or emotions. Positive affect refers to an experience of positive emotions, negative affect the opposite. Subjective views say that happiness and well-(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g are the sa(cid:373)e, relia(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) perso(cid:374)"s subjective appraisals of their own happiness: consists usually of life satisfaction, satisfaction with domains such as work/marriage/health, positive affect, and low negative affect. One aspect of global judgement is life satisfaction, which is a judgement about how good o(cid:374)e"s life is.