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    Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive behaviors and experiences that make life worth living, such as optimism, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment. It was founded in 1998 by Martin Seligman and focuses on well-being, meaning and flourishing rather than psychological disorders. The document also discusses theories of happiness, emotions, and the history of concepts like well-being from ancient Greek philosophers to modern psychologists like William James and Sigmund Freud.

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    Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive behaviors and experiences that make life worth living, such as optimism, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment. It was founded in 1998 by Martin Seligman and focuses on well-being, meaning and flourishing rather than psychological disorders. The document also discusses theories of happiness, emotions, and the history of concepts like well-being from ancient Greek philosophers to modern psychologists like William James and Sigmund Freud.

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    POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

    - Scientific study of positive behavior and mental process of experience.


    - Study of what makes life worth of living.

    Martin Elias Peter Seligman E.P - Founder of Positive Psych


    - 1998 President of APA ( AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION)
    _ Introduce the positive psych ( well being)

    Positive Psych deals with Trauma, Attention and Learned helplessness


    3 aims of Positive Psych - positive behavior, positive traits and positive institution

    Emotion - Joy, Anger and Fear

    P - POSITIVE EMOTION - A person experiencing optimism ( gratitude past, contented present, hopeful future)
    E - ENGAGEMENT - Flow, enjoyable activities
    R - RELATIONSHIP - Social connectivity
    M - MEANING - Finding the purpose of your life
    A - ACCOMPLISHMENT - We tend to feel proud of ourselves

    Clinical Psych ( Psychological healing)


    - focuses in Disorder, healing and repair

    Positive Psych ( Psychological Fitness) involves in Well being, meaning and flourishing

    Six basic human emotion ( feeling)


    - JOY, SADNESS, FEAR, DISGUST, ANGER, SURPRISE

    DISTRESS - Negative stress


    EUSTRESS - Positive stress

    Izzard ( Carol Izzard) Emotion Theory


    - Anger Surprise
    - Guilt Disgust
    - Fear ( FIGHT, FLIGHT AND FREEZE) Distress
    - Shame Joy
    Interest
    Contempt

    HISTORY OF WELL-BEING

    What is Happiness?

    Hedonism - pleasure ( satisfaction)


    - basic component of life not knowing

    Hebrews - Judaism ( divine command theory)


    THE GREEK
    - Socrates we can achieve through true knowledge ( plasticity/ neuroplasticity)
    - Plato
    - Aristotle - Eudaimonia ( happiness) tamed emotion
    Epicurean - simple pleasure ( appreciate everything we have)
    Take Responsibility
    THE STOICS - TRIANGLE OF HAPPINES
    - Take responsibility Eudaimonia
    - Acrete - excellence
    Living Acrete Control of our emotion
    THE RENAISSANCE
    - Evaluation of action with emotion

    William James ( 1842- 1910) Father of Functionalism


    Sigmund Freud- Father of Psychoanalytic theory
    - Coping Mechanism ( sublimation - diversion)

    Alfred Adler - Individual Psychology


    Gemeinschaftsgefuhl ( community feeling)

    Carl Jung - Analytic Psychology ( persona)


    Humanistic Psychology - same goal / positive emotion

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