APOSSIBLE — Positive Psychology: FAQs

Fredrickson refers to this as the “broaden and build” theory because positive emotions broaden your sense of possibilities and open your mind, which in turn allows you to build new skills and resources that can provide value in other areas of your life.

Finding permanent and universal causes of good events along with temporary and specific causes for misfortune is the art of hope;

positive psychology movement, which has reoriented the study of psychological science away from its previous focus on malady and dysfunction and toward well-being and effective functioning. Under the leadership of the University of Pennsylvania’s Martin Seligman,

DAN: “It is very successful in helping people transition from chronic depression into what would be called euthymia, or normal mood. Many people don’t even know what having a normal mood feels like; but optimism, faith, courage, strength, [and] personal empowerment are some of its qualities.”

A better psychology for her and children everywhere will view positive motivations—loving kindness, competence, choice, and respect for life—as being just as authentic as the darker motives. It will inquire about such positive feelings as satisfaction, happiness, and hope. It will ask how children can acquire the strengths and virtues whose exercis

Le concept de résilience, proposé par Martin Seligman, s’appuie sur une idée issue de la philosophie grecque et retenue par les TCC : on peut apprendre aux gens combien leurs réponses émotionnelles sont conditionnées par leurs croyances et leurs interprétations. Il est alors possible de leur enseigner comment débattre de leurs croyances irrationnel