POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

NEW PERSPECTIVE

NEW RESEARCH

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

WHAT ARE POSITIVE PSYCHOGISTS INTERESTED IN?

LIFE EXPERIENCES

BUILDING STRENGTH OF CHARACTER

WELL BEING & WELLNESS

HAPPINESS AND JOY

FULFILLMENT

LEARNED OPTIMISM

NATURE OF LOVE

FORGIVENESS

HUMAN VIRTUES

AESTHICISM & BEAUTY

CREATIVITY

WISDOM

HUMAN POTENTIAL

POWER OF THOUGHT

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

VALUES

PURSUIT OF MEANING

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

SPIRITUALITY

MYSTERY

WHAT TOPICS ARE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDYING?

AUTHENTICITY

INTEGRITY

HUMILITY

COMPASSION

COURAGE

INSIGHT

HONESTY

TRUSTOPENNESSHOPESATISFACTIONSELF ACTUALIZATIONRESILIENCEFLEXIBILITY ADAPTABILITY

POSITIVE EMOTIONSSELF ESTEEMCREATIVE DRIVEORIGINALITYTHE “FLOW”PASSION TO KNOWMEDITATION & RELAXATIONMINDFULNESS

POWER OF BELIEVING YOU CAN

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

EMPATHY & ALTRUISM

GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION

MORALITY

VALUE OF STORY TELLING

HUMOR

ENCOURAGEMENT

APPRECIATION

RADICAL ACCEPTANCE

ACCOUNTIBILITY

RESPONSIBILITY

SPECIAL INTERESTS: SOCIAL JUSTICE, CHILDREN, AGING WELL, MULTI CULTURAL AWARENESS

WHAT FIELDS OF STUDY IS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY INTERELATED TO?

BIOLOGY

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

HEALTH

EDUCATION

SOCIOLOGY

COSMOLOGY

ECOLOGY

SPIRITUALITY

RELIGION

SOCIAL JUSTICE

ECONOMICS

LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

LONGEVITY STUDIES

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY!

SAILING INTO THE FUTURE & NEW HORIZONS