Positive psychology is defined as the scientific study of what makes life most worth living and focuses on human strengths and virtues. It was founded by Martin Seligman and examines positive experiences, individual traits, and institutions that facilitate living a pleasurable, engaged, and meaningful life. Positive psychology's three pillars are positive experiences, traits like strengths of character, and institutions that enable flourishing.

2. Martin Seligman
Father of Positive Psychology-

3. Positive Psychology can be defined as the-
• ‘scientific study of what makes life most worth living.’
• ‘scientific study of strengths and virtues.’
• ‘study of what constitutes the pleasant life, engaged life and the
meaningful life.’
• ‘scientific study of positive human functioning and flourishing on multiple
levels that include biological, personal, relational, institutional, cultural
and global dimensions of life.’
Positive Psychology is concerned with ‘eudaimonia’- ‘the good life’. (Seligman)

4. Positive Psychology is thus the
scientific study of strengths the
enable individuals and communities
to thrive, founded on the belief that
people want to lead meaningful and
fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is
best within themselves, and to
enhance their experience of love,
work and play.

5. “Positive Psychology is the scientific
study of experiences and positive
individual traits and the institutions that
facilitate their development.”
-Seligman,2005
Three Pillars Of Positive Psychology-
-POSITIVE EXPERIENCES
-POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL TRAITS
-POSITIVE INSTITUTIONS

6. Domains Of Positive Psychology-
PLEASANT LIFE (positive emotions about past, present & future, maximizing
pleasure & minimizing negative emotions)
ENGAGED LIFE (positive individual traits, strength of character & talents, and
their wise deployment for better engagement, absorption & flow)
MEANINGFUL LIFE (belongingness and service towards positive institutions)

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