POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

• Mihaly and Martin Seligman are the fathers of positive psychology
• Positive psychology had a basis in the early 1800s but became more vibrant in the early 2000s
• Positive psychology: deals with positive experiences, dispositions and contexts that promote well-being.
• 4 POSSIBILITIES FOR WHAT’S POSITIVE IN PSYCHOLOGY

  -Positive intentions

  -Positive ideology

  -Appreciative Stance on Human nature

  -Universally agreed upon topics
• ASSESSING POSITIVITY

  -Choices

  -Values

  -subjective Experiences
• RESEARCH BASED APPROACHES IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

  -Empirical approach

  -Minor variations

  -Happiness + Positive personality traits
• POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN COMPARISON TO HUMANISTIC APPROACH

  -Maslow and Rogers: humanistic psychotherapy approach—Argues that positive psychology (focusing on general trend)has rebranded humanistic psychology(focusing on individual uniqueness)
• The correlation approach:

  determines the likelihood of two things
• The experimental approach:

  manipulation over observation(independent and dependent variables present)
• Martin Seligman came up with the idea of PERMA

  P-Positive emotions

  E-Engagement

  R-Relationships

  M-Meaning

  A-Achievement