POSITIVE ASSUMPTIONS

Acknowledgement of Free will
1. People are in charge of their own emotions
  1. Have the free will to change how they direct them
2. Seligman
  1. Happiness
    1. Not a result of good genes or good luck
    2. = recognising our own strengths
    3. Working on developing our strengths and virtues to make our lives better and minimise negativity
3. ................................ED DIENER
  1. Has devoted research and time into finind out about the factors that increase well being and happiness
4. DIENER&SELIGMAN(2002)
  1. Ties students had to friends and family
    1. Measured in terms of amount of time invested into the relationships
      1. Those who had strongest ties were happier
        Highlights that we are in control of happiness in that we can chose to engage in activities that make us happy
Authenticity of Goodness and Excellence
1. Feelings of happiness and goodness are as natural as feelings of stress and anxiety
  1. Equal attention needs to be assigned to positive states of mine
2. Seligman(2002)
  1. Belief that traits such as virtues and happiness are less authentic than negative traits and states
    1. Obstecale in psychology
  2. We have signature strengths that we need to nurture to transform our lives
    1. Traits we inherit
      1. Kindness
      2. Generosity
3. Primary goal
  1. Change philosophy and practice of psychology
    1. Celebrating the good things in life
      1. Magnifying the worst
Focus on the Good Life
1. Factors that contribute mainly to a well lived life
2. Seligman distinguished between 3 desirable lives
  1. The pleasant life
    1. Happiness comes from positive emotions in relation to the past, present and future
  2. The good life
    1. happiness comes from pursuing in activities that positively absorb and engage us
  3. The meaningful life
    1. Happiness comes from deep sense of fufilment by living for a purpose for greater than ones self
  4. Starting point is the pleasant life
    1. The next step is the good life
      1. Place of happiness good relationships and work
      2. To achieve this we need to develop our strengths and virtues
      3. Seligman suggest
        good life is a combination of
        Positive connections with others
        Positive individual traits
        Life regulation qualities
    2. Seligman encourages people to go further and seek the meaningful life

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