Positive psychological
Lesson 1
Mandate : to create a bridge between ivory tower and mainstreet. In other word ,it is to bring the rigor ,the substance ,the empirical foundation , the science from academia and merge it with accessibility of the self-help or New Age movement. 换句话所,就是要把严谨,实质,经验基础,学术科学,与自主或新纪元运动的通俗易懂相结合。
science and works
How can I take these ideas and apply them to my life .
Background on positive psychology : In many ways , the positive psychology is the brainchild the product and the grandchild of humanistic psychology.
Three force : 1 behaviorism (B.F.Skinner John B.Watson Edward Thorndik )
2 psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud Carl Jung Alfred Adler )
3 Humanistic psychology
Grandparent :
Abraham Maslow introduced this humanistic psychology . In 1945 ,he wrote a chapter , called “ Toward the positive psychology”.
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Aaron Antonovsky :he brought in the idea of focusing on health . He introduced a new concept ,which he called salutogenesis :saluto---health genesis----origin.
Parent :
Martin Seligman ,considered the father of positive psychology , network of scholars ,started the field in 1998.
Happiness is much more contingent on our state of mind than our statues and state of our bank account .
This class is about chipping away the excess stone .it about getting rid of limitations, of barriers, whether it is the fear of failure and perfectionism. Soul grows more by subtraction than by addition .做减法比做加法让灵魂成长的更快。
伏尔泰V oltaire said :”common sense is not that common.” And this especially applies to application. So the aim of this class is to make common sense more common ,especially in the real world application. Not asking the right questions is the biggest mistake .
The educator ,Neil Postman once said :” the kids enter schools as question marks and the leave as periods. As a kid ,your future is up .everything you want is up .” wait up !hold up !shut up ! momma ,clean up! Let me stay up .“ Parents of course are just the opposite .everything is down . “just calm down !slow down ! calm down
here! Sit down ! put that down!”
The first significant idea within research in positive psychology : let study what works .
The second :let study what works best .(individual change)
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