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- 2. INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY • Positive psychology aims to: • look at people’s strengths as much as their weaknesses • focus on how to build the best of things as well as repairing the worst • examine how people lead a fulfilling life that can nurture high talent • All of this is being done whilst still embracing the need for scientific rigour. Positive Psychology Page number ‘I thought, when I first became a therapist 30 years ago, that if I was good enough to make someone not depressed, not anxious, not angry, that I'd make them happy. And I never found that. I found the best you could ever do was to get to zero. But they were empty.’ Martin Seligman ‘Positive psychology is the scientific study of what goes right in life.’ Christopher Peterson
- 3. LINKS TO ALL CORE AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGY Positive Psychology Page number Taken from presentation delivered by Catherine Fritz at BPS Conference – full version will be available on WJEC website Positive Psychology Cognitive
- 4. AND ALL APPLIED AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGY Positive Psychology Page number Taken from presentation delivered by Catherine Fritz at BPS Conference – full version will be available on WJEC website Positive Psychology Educational Forensic
- 5. KEY TOPICS AND KEY NAMES • Mindset - Carol Dweck • Hardiness & creativity - Salvatore Maddi • Self-control - Roy Baumeister; Kathleen Vohs • Post-traumatic flourishing - Kate Hefferon • Well-being - Ed Diener; Shigehiro Oishi; Richard Ryan • Hope - Rick Snyder • Optimism - Michael Scheier & Charles Carver • Resilience - Michael Ungar; Ann Masten; George Bonanno • Meditation - Shauna Shapiro • Temperament – Mary Rothbart Positive Psychology Page number Taken from presentation delivered by Catherine Fritz at BPS Conference – full version will be available on WJEC website
- 6. EVALUATION Criticisms from the humanist view 1) It’s nothing more than Maslow • “Maslow rejected science and science rejected Maslow” (Seligman, 2001) • “ . . . the marginalisation of humanistic psychology within the academic world has left it without a voice, no matter whether we, as individuals, subscribe to and support its central tenets.” (Linley & Harrington, 2005) 2) Humanist emphasis on people finding their own answers • Quantitative methods are inappropriate: “terrifying devotion to empiricist methods” (Rowan, 2005, p.20) • “There is a place for quantitative, statistical analysis, even based on self-report questionnaires. ... An appropriate combination may enhance productive and practically applicable research ...” (Linley & Harrington, 2005) Positive Psychology Page number Taken from presentation delivered by Catherine Fritz at BPS Conference – full version will be available on WJEC website
- 7. EVALUATION Criticisms from within 1) It ignores its roots • Does it? Perhaps less than some areas? 2) It lacks an overarching unifying theory • Need clear variables; causal relations; longitudinal studies (Maddi, 2006) 3) It places too much emphasis on correlational findings and sometimes interprets them as causal relationships • Probably, but it is an easier approach and useful for suggesting relationships for further examination; some exceptions exist 4) It has become an ideological movement, rejecting results that don’t fit and resenting criticism • Every area of psychology can and does sometimes fall prey to these errors. It is important to examine results and ideas critically. Positive Psychology Page number Taken from presentation delivered by Catherine Fritz at BPS Conference – full version will be available on WJEC website
- 8. WEB LINKS TED Talks • www.ted.com • Martin Seligman on the state of psychology • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on flow Positive Psychology Centre • www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu • FAQ’s section useful • www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu • Various questionnaires, video clips and articles Chris Peterson Blog • www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-life • Published in book form: Pursuing the Good Life Positive Psychology Page number
- 9. BOOKS • Seligman (2002) Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment • Carr (2011) Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths • Lomas and Hefferon (2104) Applied Positive Psychology • Peterson (2006) A Primer in Positive Psychology • Boniwell (2012) Positive Psychology in a Nutshell • Hefferon (2011) Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications • Froh and Parks (2012) Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology Positive Psychology Page number
- 10. TEACHING RESOURCES • The American Psychological Association has a division for teachers (TOPPS) that can be joined for $50 (about £32) • On this website are resource packs for a number of topics including positive psychology. • www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/ Positive Psychology Page number
- 11. DVD • ‘Happy’ Documentary (2011) • Includes case studies and interviews with psychologists (including Diener). • Only available in USA but can be bought as an import from Amazon. • Educational edition can be purchased and clips are available at www.thehappymovie.com Positive Psychology Page number
- 12. LESSON IDEAS • Eating one raisin: A first taste of mindfulness (sheet in resource pack – could also be done with chocolate or popping candy!). • VIA Classification of Character Strengths (sheet in resource pack). • Sit Up Straight! (sheet in resource pack). Positive Psychology Page number