POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

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POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

• NEW PERSPECTIVE
• NEW RESEARCH

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WHAT IS IT?

• CONCERN FOR THE WHOLE PERSON, NOT JUST THE MIND
  AND BEHAVIOR
• CHANGE FROM PREOCCUPATION WITH REPAIRING AND
  FIXING
• EMPHASIS ON STRENGTHS, VIRTUES, TALENTS OF A
  PERSON

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WHAT ARE POSITIVE PSYCHOGISTS INTERESTED IN?

• LIFE EXPERIENCES
• BUILDING STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
• WELL BEING WELLNESS
• HAPPINESS AND JOY
• FULFILLMENT
• LEARNED OPTIMISM

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• NATURE OF LOVE
• FORGIVENESS
• HUMAN VIRTUES
• AESTHICISM BEAUTY
• CREATIVITY
• WISDOM
• HUMAN POTENTIAL

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• POWER OF THOUGHT
• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
• VALUES
• PURSUIT OF MEANING
• INSPIRATION MOTIVATION
• SPIRITUALITY
• MYSTERY

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WHAT TOPICS ARE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDYING?

• AUTHENTICITY
• INTEGRITY
• HUMILITY
• COMPASSION
• COURAGE
• INSIGHT
• HONESTY

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• TRUST
• OPENNESS
• HOPE
• SATISFACTION
• SELF ACTUALIZATION
• RESILIENCE
• FLEXIBILITY
• ADAPTABILITY

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• POSITIVE EMOTIONS
• SELF ESTEEM
• CREATIVE DRIVE
• ORIGINALITY
• THE FLOW
• PASSION TO KNOW
• MEDITATION RELAXATION
• MINDFULNESS

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• POWER OF BELIEVING YOU CAN
• CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
• EMPATHY ALTRUISM
• GRATITUDE APPRECIATION
• MORALITY
• VALUE OF STORY TELLING
• HUMOR

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• ENCOURAGEMENT
• APPRECIATION
• RADICAL ACCEPTANCE
• ACCOUNTIBILITY
• RESPONSIBILITY
• SPECIAL INTERESTS SOCIAL JUSTICE, CHILDREN,
  AGING WELL, MULTI CULTURAL AWARENESS

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WHAT FIELDS OF STUDY IS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
INTERELATED TO?

• BIOLOGY
• NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
• HEALTH
• EDUCATION
• SOCIOLOGY
• COSMOLOGY
• ECOLOGY

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• SPIRITUALITY
• RELIGION
• SOCIAL JUSTICE
• ECONOMICS
• LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
• LONGEVITY STUDIES

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POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY!

• SAILING INTO THE FUTURE NEW HORIZONS

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