In positive psychology there are three types of concepts studied. Those are positive emotions, positive character traits strengths, and positive institutions. Psychologist made research to understand what makes people to have positive feelings. For example; surveys were one way of measurement method used to collect data. People answer to the questions to measure what kind of activities, situations and stimulus makes people to have positive feelings. For example: working-out and sleeping are some examples that bring positive emotions to people. Now, people uses those activities in their life to be happy. Second concept studied is positive character traits and personal virtues. For example researchers study the ability of people to love, what makes them to be more resilience, forgive full, courage, mindful, and so on. They believe that when people have those traits they have a happier life in a long turn and be more successful during their lives. Some other traits that were studies in positive psychology are courage, work, compassion, resilience, creativity, curiosity, integrity, self-knowledge, humanity, justice, temperance, self-control, and wisdom. And personality disorders are being more trait based and traits on positive psychology are being used to overcome your personality disorders by using your strengths. Last concept is that positive psychology studies are positive institutions. The researches focus on what kind of characters makes people have a more qualitative work at communities and also make those communities a better place. For example: teamwork, leadership, justice and so on. Positive psychologist thinks that those instructions are necessary for people to have happier lives because those institutions creates a positive environment and in a consequence of that people feel happier by being in a positive environment and do better on their job. In general research on positive institutions makes resource to find what makes work places more satisfying and also more productive. Now, employers are giving tests to employees to measure if your strengths are enough for the job you are employed.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
What is positive psychology about?
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