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Outlines & Highlights for: Positive Psychology: Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human ...
ISBN: 9780761926337 | 076192633X
Format: PaperbackPublisher: INGRAM
Pub. Date: 6/8/2010
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Written by two leaders of the positive psychology initiative, this??groundbreaking new text??brings positive social science to life through a comprehensive review of literature and well-crafted exercises that encourage readers to put positive psychology principles to the test. Positive Psychology: Scientific and Practical Applications of Human Strengths covers western and eastern approaches to understanding human strengths, along with the cultural and developmental influences on positive functioning.??Key approaches for measuring and enhancing ... MORE
| Preface | |
| Looking At Psychology from A Positive Perspective | |
| Welcome to Positive Psychology | |
| Going From the Negative to the Positive | |
| Positive Psychology Seeks a Balanced, More Complete View of Human Functioning | |
| Where We Are Now and What We Will Ask | |
| What's Your Face? A Positive Psychology Passport Picture | |
| A Guide to This Book | |
| The ... MORE | |
| Appendix | |
| Key Terms | |
| Western Perspective on Positive Psychology | |
| Hope: Ubiquitous Yet Hidden | |
| Hope as Part of Greek Mythology | |
| Religious Hope in Western Civilization | |
| Revision of the History of Hope in Western Civilization | |
| Conclusions | |
| Key Terms | |
| Eastern Perspectives on Positive Psychology | |
| A Matter of Perspective | |
| Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism | |
| East Meets West | |
| Different Ways to Positive Outcomes | |
| Final Thoughts | |
| Key Terms | |
| Classifications and Measures of Human Strengths and Positive Outcomes | |
| Classifications and Measures of Human Strengths | |
| Positive Outcomes for All | |
| Identifying Strengths and Moving Toward a Vital Balance | |
| Note | |
| Key Terms | |
| Positive Psychology in Context | |
| Developing Strengths and Living Well in a Cultural Context | |
| Culture and Psychology | |
| Understanding Culture: A Matter of Perspective | |
| Positive Psychology: Culture Free or Culturally Embedded? | |
| Putting Positive Psychology in a Cultural Context | |
| Final Thoughts on the Complexity of Cultural Influences | |
| Key Terms | |
| Living Well at Every Stage of Life | |
| Resilience in Childhood | |
| Positive Youth Development | |
| The Life Tasks of Adulthood | |
| Successful Aging | |
| A More Developmental Focus in Positive Psychology | |
| Key Terms | |
| Positive Emotional States and Processes | |
| The Principles of Pleasure: Understanding Positive Affect, Positive Emotions, Happiness, and Well-Being | |
| Defining Emotional Terms | |
| Distinguishing the Positive and the Negative | |
| Positive Emotions: Expanding the Repertoire of Pleasure | |
| Happiness and Subjective Well-Being: Living a Pleasurable Life | |
| Moving Toward the Positive | |
| Key Terms | |
| Making the Most of Emotional Experiences: Emotion-Focused Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Socioemotional Selectivity, and Emotional Storytelling | |
| Emotion-Focused Coping: Discovering The Adaptive Potential of Emotional Approach | |
| Emotional Intelligence: Learning the Skills That Make a Difference | |
| Socioemotional Selectivity: Focusing in Later Life on Positive Emotions and Emotion-Related Goals | |
| Emotional Storytelling: The Pennebaker Paradigm as a Means of Processing Intense Negative Emotions | |
| Working With Emotions to Bring About Positive Change | |
| An Emotional Balancing Act | |
| Key Terms | |
| Positive Cognitive States and Processes | |
| Seeing Our Futures Through Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Hope | |
| Fascination With the Future | |
| Self-Efficacy | |
| Optimism | |
| Hope | |
| Putting Temporal Futures in Perspective | |
| Cultural Caveats About Temporal Perspective | |
| A Summary of Hope Theories | |
| Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory Items | |
| Key Terms | |
| Wisdom and Courage: Two Universal Virtues | |
| Wisdom and Courage: Two of a Kind | |
| Theories of Wisdom | |
| Becoming and Being Wise | |
| Theories of Courage | |
| Becoming and Being Courageous | |
| Courage Research | |
| Finding Wisdom and Courage in Daily Life | |
| The Value of Wisdom and Courage | |
| Key Terms | |
| Mindfulness, Flow, and Spirituality: In Search of Optimal Experiences | |
| Moment-to-Moment Searches | |
| Mindfulness: In Search of Novelty | |
| Flow: In Search of Absorption | |
| Spirituality: In Search of the Sacred | |
| The True Benefits of Spirituality? | |
| The Search Continues | |
| Key Terms | |
| Prosocial Behavior | |
| Empathy and Egotism: Portals to Altruism, Gratitude, and Forgiveness | |
| Altruism | |
| Gratitude | |
| Forgiveness | |
| The Societal Implications of Altruism, Gratitude, and Forgiveness | |
| "I Have a Dream": Toward a Kinder, Gentler Humankind | |
| The Helping Attitude Scale | |
| The Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Items From GQ-6 | |
| The Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS) | |
| The Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivations Scale (TRIM) | |
| Key Terms | |
| Attachment, Love, and Flourishing Relationships | |
| Infant Attachment | |
| Adult Attachment Security | |
| Love | |
| Flourishing Relationships: A Series of Purposeful Positive Relationship Behaviors | |
| The Neurobiology of Interpersonal Connection | |
| More on Flourishing Relationships | |
| Building a Positive Psychology of Close Relationships | |
| Key Terms | |
| Understanding and Changing Human Behavior | |
| Balanced Conceptualizations of Mental Health and Behavior | |
| Moving Toward Balanced Conceptualizations | |
| Our Fascination With Abnormal Behavior | |
| Neglect of the Environment and of the Positive | |
| The Lack of a Developmental Emphasis | |
| Difficulties Understanding Behavior in a Cultural Context | |
| The Limits of the Categorical Diagnostic System | |
| Going Beyond the DSM-IV Framework | |
| Key Terms | |
| Interceding to Prevent the Bad and Enhance the Good | |
| In the Words of a Psychotherapy Client... | |
| Primary Prevention: "Stop the Bad Before It Happens" | |
| Secondary Prevention (Psychotherapy): "Fix the Problem" | |
| Primary Enhancement: "Make Life Good" | |
| Secondary Enhancement: "Make Life the Best Possible" | |
| The Balance of Prevention and Enhancement Systems | |
| Effective Secondary Preventions (Psychotherapies) for Adult Problems | |
| Hope Therapy Worksheet | |
| Key Terms | |
| Positive Environments | |
| Positive Schooling | |
| "Teachers Can't Get Jobs in the Real World!" | |
| Negative Psychology: "Those Who Can't, Shouldn't Be Teaching" | |
| "No Child Left Behind" and Beyond | |
| The Components of Positive Schooling | |
| One Example of Positive Schooling: The StrengthsQuest Program | |
| Teaching as a Calling | |
| Giving Back to Teachers | |
| Assessing Educational Success | |
| Teaching Tips From Two "Wills"-James and McKeachie | |
| Key Terms | |
| Good Work: The Psychology of Gainful Employment | |
| Gainful Employment | |
| "We Have an Opening": Jenny Loses a Job and Finds a Career | |
| Take-Home Messages From Jenny's Story | |
| Gainful Employment: Happiness, Satisfaction, and Beyond | |
| Measuring Gainful Employment | |
| Having or Being a Good Boss | |
| The Strengths-Based Approach to Work | |
| Capital at Work | |
| Hope: A Prime Psychological Capital | |
| The Dark Side: Workaholics, Burnouts, and Jobs Lost | |
| What Can Be Done To Improve Your Work? | |
| When Work Becomes a Calling: The Tale of a Hospital Orderly | |
| A New Accounting: An Eye Toward People Rather Than Money | |
| Key Terms | |
| The Me/We Balance: Building Better Communities | |
| Where We Are Going: From ME to WE to US | |
| Individualism: The Psychology of ME | |
| Collectivism: The Psychology of WE | |
| ME/WE Balance: The Positive Psychology of US | |
| Appendix: The Need for Uniqueness Scale | |
| Key Terms | |
| A Positive Look at The Future of Psychology | |
| Going Positive | |
| Trading the Bad for Some Good: The Case of Molly | |
| Tackling a Fundamental Dilemma: Bad Is Stronger Than Good | |
| Positive Psychology Is Gaining Attention | |
| Positive Psychology as a Worldwide Phenomenon | |
| For the Many, Not Just the Few | |
| Young People and Education in Positive Psychology | |
| Women in Positive Psychology | |
| Experts' Views on 21st-Century Positive Psychology | |
| The Power of Attitude: The Tales of Johnsy and Jerry | |
| Appendix: Positive Social Science | |
| References | |
| Author Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| About the Authors | |
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