The assumptions

• Who officially introduced the positive approach in psychology?

  Martin Seligman
• What is the primary focus of positive psychology?

  Positive aspects of human nature and good qualities
• What does positive psychology focus on?

  Human flourishing, potential, and positive functioning
• What is positive psychology ultimately trying to understand?

  How to help people live fuller and happier lives
• What does the positive approach believe about human emotions?

  Humans control emotions and have free will
• What is the view of many other approaches in psychology about our behaviour and emotions?

  Our behaviour is controlled by outside forces
• What does the positive approach accept regarding factors influencing behaviors?

  Biology and environment are important, with free will
• According to positive psychology, what ability do humans have in reacting to situations?

  Choose how we react
• What does positive psychology argue about individuals and mental health?

  They are not entirely victims
• What can a sense of personal control lead to?

  Improved personal well-being
• Which therapies are based on the assumption of free will?

  Mindfulness and quality of life therapy
• What are individuals encouraged to gain in positive therapies?

  Better awareness of feelings and emotions
• What do techniques and skills in positive therapies aim to bring about?

  Greater control over emotions
• What does the assumption of free will help us remember?

  We are not victims of circumstances
• What must something be if it is authentic?

  Genuine, real and believable
• What does the positive approach suggest if something isn't going right for us?

  We don’t have to accept it
• What do positive psychologists argue about goodness and excellence?

  They are authentic and should be studied
• What has psychology focused on too much, according to positive psychologists?

  Negative aspects of human behaviour
• What is a key focus of positive based therapies?

  Developing positive traits
• What has resulted from psychology's focus on the negative?

  A distorted view of human behaviour
• What does mindfulness aim to encourage the individual to develop?

  Gratitude, flexibility and optimism
• What is the role of developing core virtues in positive psychology?

  Buffer to mental illness
• What is a common problem regarding our strengths?

  We do not acknowledge them
• What are we recognizing when we acknowledge the authenticity of goodness?

  They are real and important
• According to Seligman 2002, what do we have in-built?

  Signature Strengths
• How many signature strengths are there, according to Seligman?

  24
• What does positive psychology suggest about achieving happiness?

  There are 3 pathways
• What does positive psychology recognize about happiness?

  There are different types
• What type of happiness do positive psychologists focus on achieving?

  Authentic happiness
• What kind of happiness is authentic happiness?

  Full and lasting
• What are the three lives we can live to achieve happiness?

  Pleasant, Good, Meaningful
• What is the focus of the Pleasant Life?

  Generating positive emotion
• What is the pleasant life compared to?

  Starting point
• What is the pleasant life when we are reasonably happy with?

  Things
• What things do people in the pleasant life enjoy?

  Friendships
• What things do people in the pleasant life appreciate?

  The world around us
• What things do people in the pleasant life enjoy?

  Material things
• What is true about the needs of people in the pleasant life?

  All of our basic needs met
• What will the Pleasant life not lead to?

  Authentic happiness
• What does the Good Life emphasise?

  Experience of flow