P3
Questions
Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology
- What
does positive psychology propose to study?
- Who
is Marty Seligman? What is his contribution to positive psychology?
- What
does Biswas-Diener posit as the basic appeal of positive psychology?
- What
three central topics of positive psychology does Spiderman embody?
- Why
does being Spiderman grant Peter Parker the opportunity to “strut his stuff”
(68) in regard to character strengths? Why can’t he do this as Peter Parker?
- How
were the twenty-four character strengths (virtues) that are included in the VIA
compiled?
- How
does positive psychology help explain Peter’s resiliency?
- What
are the benefits of humor?
- What
is agency and pathway thinking? How are they related to hope?
- How
does Biswas-Diener address the criticism that positive psychology is just too,
well. Positive?