ch 11 Positive psychology Flashcards
a social and intellectual movement within psychology that focuses on human strengths and how people can flourish and be successful.
positive psychology.
positive psychology is?
a counterweight to the fields negatively oriented history.
the ideas of positive psychology are similar to ideas of?
humanistic psychology.
what is the goal of positive psychology?
for people with mental health to flourish.
involves having high levels of well-being and low levels of mental illness
flourish
A person with low levels of well-being, coupled with high levels of mental illness
floundering.
a person of high level of well being and high level of mental illness is>
struggling.
a person with low level of well being and low level of mental illness.
languishing
positive feelings and thoughts people have
about themselves and the events in their lives
positive subjective experience.
global, pervasive responses to experiences
moods
people when are in a good mood they?
more agreeable and helpful and better at problem solving.
the person with positive moods and emotions can promote,
creative solutions.
fast thinking is correlated with?
positive moods.
slow thinking is correlated with?
negative mood
variety of thoughts is correlated with?
positive mood.
