University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
PSY 351 | Behavioral Psychology and Therapy
Academic year:

2023
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393

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1
Author:

do3ran7ut

Martin Seligman: The New Era of Positive Psychology Psychology is widely accepted to be the study of mind and behavior patterns of human beings. Positive psychology focuses on the best in human behavior. It promotes conditions that can help people to achieve happy, healthy, and productive lifestyles. Being positive shows acceptance or certainty towards the person. Positive psychology finds meaning in life by implementing ways in which one can find well-being. It depends on humans looking on the brighter side of life and moving through time with kindness, patience in their bad times, and the ability to forgive and pursue life to the fullest. People should have a positive mindset that will make them healthier than someone who is always negative. I think psychology can make people happy. According to Martin Seligman the components of happiness are pleasure, meaning, and engagement. I totally agree with his statement “pleasure is raw feeling of happiness and satisfaction”. Humans are malleable. We can take pleasure and find pain in very different things. I believe a person learns to find pleasure in good things and to find pain in bad things. It’s good to have many pleasures. However people are at their happiest when they’re in a state of flow. They forget about all concerns, fully motivated and focused on the present. They are totally immersed in the task at hand; mind, body and soul, and their skills are being utilized to the fullest where they can’t feel anything. Moreover I think people who achieve flow state more often are happier and have healthier self-esteems. I also think that technology, entertainment, and design would be used to reliving misery and building happiness.