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1
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it is the study of topics as diverse as happiness, optimism, and wellbeing

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Positive Psychology

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it helps us understand, test, and promote the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.

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Positive Psychology

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It is no just about how to make undividuals happy;not promoting self-centered approach

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Positive Psychology

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a state of positive mental health; to thrive, to prosper and to face well in endeavors free of mental illness, filled with emotional virality and function positively in a private and social realms.

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Flourishing

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Examples of flourishing

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  • academic achievement
  • mastery and goal setting
  • higher level of self-control
  • continued perseverance
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What are the 3 points in positive psychology

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  1. Subjective node
  2. Individual node
  3. Group node
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it encompasses things like positive experiences and states across past, present, and future

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Subjective node

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Examples of subjective node

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  • Happiness
  • Optimism
  • wellbeing
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focuses on the characteristics of a good person

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Individual node

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Examples of individual node

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  • talent
  • wisdom
  • love
  • creativity
  • courage
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studies positive institutions, citizenship, and communities

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Group node

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Examples of Group node

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  • altruism
  • work ethics
  • tolerance
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What are the 3 tasks of Psychology prior to the World War ll

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  1. cure mental illness
  2. enhance the lives of normal population
  3. study geniuses
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it refers to the term in which Psychologists viewed humans as passive individuals, subjected to external forces instead of being proactive, creative, and self-determined beings.

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Victimology

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15
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focuses on identifying what’s wrong with people, in order to fix them which is the main aim of positive psychology.

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Disease Model

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when did the modern psychology emerge?

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during the late 19th century

17
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first coined the term positive psychology in 1954 in his book Mktivation and Personality

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Abraham Maslow

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who first championed the term positive psychology in 1988 when he served as the president of the Amrican Psychological Society

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Martin Seligman

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he had a strong feeling that psychology had long focused on studying negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and depression.

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Martin Seligman

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He wants to study what makes people experience joy, satisfaction, and contentment, to be healthy, resilient, and have a meaningful and successful life.

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Martin Seligman

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What are the 5 Components of which people pursue

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  1. positive emotion
  2. engagement
  3. relationships
  4. Meaning
  5. accomplishments
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examples of positive emotion

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hope, interest love, joy, compassion, and gratitude

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it is when people are able to integrate positive emotions into daily life, it improves habitual thinking and acting

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Positive emition

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Ways to build positive emotion

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  • reading books
  • do hobbies and activities that you enjoy
  • listening to inspirational music
  • reconnecting with people you care about
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it is something that is much more powerful than being happy

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Engagement

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it refers to complete absorption in an activity

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Ways to increase engagement

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  • participate un activities that you really love
  • spend time with nature
  • identify and di the things that you excel
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refers to feeling of being loved, supported, and valued by others

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Positive Relationship

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plays a critical role in preventing cognitive and physical decline.

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Social environment

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ways how to build positive Relationship

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  • get in touch with people you have not spoken or connected in a while
  • join a class or groups that interests you
  • create friendship
31
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intrinsic human quality is the search for _____________ and the need to have a sense of value and work

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Ways to build meaning

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  • spend quality time with others
  • get involved in a cause or organization that matters to you
  • engage in creative activities
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referred to as mastery or competence

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Accomplishments or Achievements

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Ways to build on accomplishments

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  • reflect on past success
  • set realistic and specific goals
  • look for ways to celebrate achievements
35
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What are the Plus in PERMA

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  • Optimism
  • Physical activity
  • Nutrition
  • sleep
36
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a belief that life will have a more good outcomes than bad.

37
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related to being more physically active, decreases symptoms of depression, anxiety, and improves mental focus

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Physical Activity

38
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reduces depression symptoms and provides a wide range of health benefits.

39
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good ________ fosters mental and emotional resilience

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