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1、2012/8/3 lesson 1Positive psychologyTeacher:TalIntroPos psy is popular and it really works(Self help movement lacks substence, over-promising and low-delivering)My aim is to create a bridge between the ivory tower and mainstreet(to bridge the gap)-science that works,theories that can be appliedRequi
2、rements:1.Anonymous emails2.Raise your hand if you had any problem3.Active note-taking(write down what you think is significant)We need “time-in”, that means to stop for a moment and look inward(quiet times), to embrace stillnessIts unecessary to fill in all the gaps(Indian appreciate absence of wor
3、ds)PP Background-from humanistic psychology (the third force)Three forces:1. behaviorism(Skinner)regard huaman as a box(H: we have soul and spirits)2. Psychoanalysis(Freud,Jung)(H:ask for more dignity and morality)3. humanistic psychology(a reaction to behaviorism,lacks specific theories)Abraham Mas
4、low:the first one claim that we should research on kindness and goodness and optimismKaren Horney:look at the fine qualities and cultivate themAeron Antonovsky: “Salutogenesis”(the origin of health)Next stage:Martin Seligman:the father of PP(2 aims),Ellen Langer,Philip Stone The story of a form(its
5、the shape of the container, or you interpretation of life that counts,its all about “transformation”)The story of Michelangelo:to chip away the excess stone, to get rid of barriers and limitationsTo make common sense more common, nothing new but “reminding”Self-actualization, fulfiling our potential
6、, chip away the limitationsWell bring up more question marksAt the end of this course just tell me the changes on you, what you are doing differentlyQ1:Am I happy?Happiness resides in a continuum(no definite definition of happiness or unhappiness), the question, however, is “How can I be happier?”20
7、12/8/4 lesson 2Words before the class:The class is for everyone, not just for people who are unhappyNot everything works for you,make a choiceYoull have to hand in the response paperLets welcome Deb Levy from extension schoolWhy do we focus on pos psy?People have been spending too much time on negat
8、ive studies(21:1), these are things what doesnt work.At the same time, more and more depression, neurosis and suicide happens. For example, 47% Havard students have experienced depression of not functioning during last year.3 reasons1.What works or what we focus on rather creates reality2.Being happ
9、y is not just the negation of unhappiness3.The most effective way of prevention is to focus on the positiveNow next one, how do we focus on what works?A research in 1980s:Why do some people succeed despite the unfavorable circumstances?Pos psy begin to study on these people.(resilience, an ability t
10、o adapt to the environment, was found in this way. And it works for everyone.)From the pathogenenic model to the salutogenenic modelA person constantly think about his weaknesses cant succeed. We have to ask ourselves: what am I good at? To draw attention to the positive things, we had to raise up s
11、uch questions from time to time. In a word: questions create reality.My role model:Marva CollinsHow can we keep students in school?(in Chicago)Call up self-confidence and self-esteem by repeating remindingSee the seed greatness in children2012/8/5 lesson 3Review the 3 reasons(supplement):2.If we tak
12、e away all the negative factors, will we be happy?Its like the relationship between food and your tase sense.People nowadays are in “comfortably numb”or “quiet desperation”.4. Our aim is to cultivate the capacity to resist the nagative effects or to strengthen our immune system.Premises(5)1.Bridge b
13、uilding Vs. Division and separationLets begin with bridge buildingHow is academia related to us?The story of young students: idealism is not enough(many people have no access to psychological theories, let alone apply them)Identical twins, even brought up in different circumstances, have the same ch
14、aracter and same degree of happiness. Genes do matter a lot, but in this case we also see that internal factors(psychological, or character) play an extremely important role in wellbeing. Charaters are basically determined by genes, but can be changed.We can not exclude the average or why most peopl
15、e fail, but lets also focus on those “best examples”.Human nature will be sold short when we only study the average(Abraham Maslow).The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study Psychology”,started in 1930sChose 250 kids from an at-risk population, 5-year- intervention, got academic help from the best doctors and professors(best treatment,psychological)The control group, also 250 kids40 years follow-upThe results were shocking:Juvenile offensesno differenceAdult offencesno differencePhysical health and mental healthno differenceAlcoholism-significantJob status-significant(the white collar jobs)But
