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Reframing Questions:The Case of At-Risk Population Traditional psychology (Post-WWII) “Why do these individuals fail?” Positive psychological approach (1980s-) “What makes some individuals succeed despite unfavorable circumstances?” Resilience “A class of phenomena characterized by patterns of positive adaptation in the context of significant adversity or risk.” Masten Reed Superkids? Ordinary characteristics, extraordinary results Optimism Faith and a sense of meaning Prosocial behavior Focusing on strengths Set goals A role model Social support Psychology 1504 Positive Psychology Bridging Ivory Tower and Main Street The objective of positive psychology is to unite the rigor of academic research with the accessibility of the self-help movement. House keeping Feedback or questions In case of an emergency… … we’ll take a PP-break Powerpoints and videotape on website Active note-taking Regular Time-Ins “Words are not the sole medium of exchange in teaching and learning—we educate with silence as well. Silence gives us a chance to reflect on what we have said and heard… In authentic education, silence is treated as a trustworthy matrix for the inner work students must do, a medium for learning of the deepest sort.” The Road to Positive Psychology Humanistic Psychology (50’s) The Third Force Reaction to behaviorism (First Force) Reaction to psychoanalysis (Second Force) Lacked rigorous methodology Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) Karen Horney (1885-1952) Meet the Grandparents Aaron Antonovsky (1923-1994) Meet 1504 Meet the Parents Martin Seligman Ellen Langer Philip Stone It is not merely about information It is also about transformation Covering less; uncovering more “In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired; in pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.” Lao Tzu “The soul grows by subtraction, not addition.” Thoreau In Search of “WOW” There is no “WOW”! Making common sense more common Information is not enough “What is wrong is not the