PSY336H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Positive Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Homeopathy
Document Summary
Social and behavioural sciences can show what actions lead to well-being, positive individuals, and thriving communities. While we have come to understand how humans survive and endure adversity, we have yet to explore that which makes life worth living. And little knowledge on how people flourish under normal conditions. Aim of positive psychology is to begin to catalyze a change in the focus of psychology from preoccupation with repairing the worst things in life to building positive qualities. At the subjective level, positive psychology is about well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present). Not just about fixing what is wrong with someone, but nurturing what is right. The focus on healing mental illness came from after wwii when schools were founded for abnormal psychology and psychologists realized they could get grants to study it.
