assumptions ♡

• What has psychology traditionally focused on?

  Understanding mental illness
• What is the basis of the positive approach in psychology?

  Study of people’s good qualities
• How can investigating positive qualities impact our lives?

  It can lead to enhanced and meaningful lives
• What are the Three Desirable Lives according to Seligman?

  1. The pleasant life: Pursuing positive emotions
  2. The good life: Engaging in positive activities
  3. The meaningful life: Pursuing a greater purpose
• What does the positive approach believe about human emotions?

  Humans oversee their own emotions
• What is necessary to obtain a good life according to the positive approach?

  Using strengths and virtues to our advantage
• How is happiness viewed in the positive approach?

  As a result of recognizing and developing strengths
• Who supported the assumption that we control our happiness?

  Seligman and Diener (2002)
• What did Seligman and Diener find about social ties?

  Stronger ties lead to lower depression levels
• What can alleviate feelings of low mood according to Seligman and Diener?

  Engaging in activities that make us happy
• What should therapy pay attention to according to the positive approach?

  Feelings of happiness and goodness
• What has traditional psychology focused on?

  Pathologies and disorders
• What did Seligman argue about therapy's focus?

  It should enable people to go above "0"
• What are "signature strengths"?

  Inherent traits like kindness and humor
• How can nurturing signature strengths impact individuals?

  It can transform their lives
• What can focusing on traits that produce goodness help with?

  Building resilience and protecting mental health
• What are the three elements of 'the good life'?

  1. Positive connections to others
  2. Positive individual traits
  3. Life regulation qualities
• What is the pleasant life focused on?

  Pursuing positive emotions of past, present, future
• What does the good life emphasize?

  Pursuing positive activities that engage us
• What is the meaningful life centered around?

  Pursuing a purpose greater than oneself
• What is necessary to achieve 'the good life'?

  Developing strengths and virtues
• What are positive connections to others?

  The ability to accept ourselves and others
• What are positive individual traits?

  Personal qualities unique to us
• What are life regulation qualities?

  The ability to monitor and control behavior
• What is the If-Then Model in psychology?

  • A framework for understanding behavior
  • Links specific situations to behavioral responses
  • Helps predict outcomes based on conditions