哈佛大学公开课—幸福学（积极心理学）01.pptVIP

Psychology 1504 Positive Psychology;House keeping;The Road to Positive Psychology;Abraham Maslow (1908-1970);Meet the Parents;Meet 1504;It is not merely about information;“In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired; in pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.” Lao Tzu;Information is not enough;Information is not enough;It is not about providing definitive answers concerning the good life;“The one real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.” Bishop Creighton;The Question of Questions;It is not a survey of positive psychology;It is not English 10a or Math 55;Final Project;Why Positive Psychology?;Anger: 5,584 Anxiety: 41,416 Depression: 54,040;Focusing on the Negative;Accentuating the Positive;Psychology Needs Help;Does Psychology Need Help?;Why More “Positive” Research?;“Negative” Research;“Positive” Research;“Human systems grow in the direction of what they persistently ask questions about.” Cooperrider and Whitney;Happiness isn’t the Negation of Unhappiness;Prevention through cultivating positive;“We have discovered that there are human strengths that act as buffers against mental illness: courage, future-mindedness, optimism, interpersonal skill, faith, work ethic, hope, honesty, perseverance, the capacity for flow and insight, to name several... We have shown that learning optimism prevents depression and anxiety in children and adults, roughly halving their incidence over the next two years... Similarly, I believe, that if we wish to prevent drug abuse in teenagers who grow up in a neighborhood that puts them at risk, that the effective prevention is not remedial. Rather it consists of identifying and amplifying the strengths that these teens already have.” Martin Seligman;Prevention through cultivating positive;The Power of Positive Psychology:Studying At-Risk Population;Resilience;Resilience;Role models Optimism and faith Blame to responsibility Deficiencies