Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths - Brossura

Snyder, C. R.; Lopez, Shane J.; Pedrotti, Jennifer Teramoto

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ISBN 10: 1412990629 ISBN 13: 9781412990622

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 2010

Riassunto

Bringing both the science, and the real-life applications, of positive psychology to life for students

This revision of the cutting edge, most comprehensive text for this exciting field presents new frameworks for understanding positive emotions and human strengths. The authors—all leading figures in the field—show how to apply the science to improve schooling, the workplace, and cooperative lifestyles among people. Well-crafted exercises engage students in applying major principles in their own lives, and more than 50 case histories and comments from leaders in the field vividly illustrate key concepts as they apply to real life.

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L'autore:

C. R. Snyder, Ph.D. (deceased) was the Wright Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Internationally known for his work at the interface of clinical, social, personality, and health psychology, his theories have pertained to how people react to personal feedback, the human need for uniqueness, the ubiquitous drive to excuse transgressions and, most recently, the hope motive. He received 31 research awards and 27 teaching awards at the university, state, and national levels. In 2005, he received an honorary doctorate from Indiana Wesleyan University.   Snyder has appeared many times on national American television shows, and he has been a regular contributor to National Public Radio. His scholarly work on the human need for uniqueness received the rare recognition of being the subject matter of an entire Sunday cartoon sequence by Gary Trudeau. All of these accomplishments were packaged in a graying and self-effacing absent-minded professor who says of himself, “If you don’t laugh at yourself, you have missed the biggest joke of all!”

Contenuti:

Preface
Remembering C. R. Snyder's Legacy of Hope
Acknowledgments
PART I: LOOKING AT PSYCHOLOGY FROM A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE
1. Welcome to Positive Psychology
2. Eastern and Western Perspectives on Positive Psychology
3. Classifications and Measures of Strengths and Positive Outcomes
PART II: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT
4. Developing Strengths and Living Well in a Cultural Context
5. Living Well at Every Stage of Life
PART III: POSITIVE EMOTIONAL STATES AND PROCESSES
6. The Principles of Pleasure: Understanding Positive Affect, Positive Emotions, Happiness, and Well-Being
7. Making the Most of Emotional Experiences: Emotion-Focused Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Socioemotional Selectivity, and Emotional Storytelling
PART IV: POSITIVE COGNITIVE STATES AND PROCESSES
8. Seeing Our Futures Through Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Hope
9. Wisdom and Courage: Two Universal Virtues
10. Mindfulness, Flow, and Spirituality: In Search of Optimal Experiences
PART V: PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
11. Empathy and Egotism: Portals to Altruism, Gratitude, and Forgiveness
12. Attachment, Love, and Flourishing Relationships
PART VI: UNDERSTANDING AND CHANGING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
13. Balanced Conceptualizations of Mental Health and Behavior
14. Interceding to Prevent the Bad and Enhance the Good
PART VII: POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS
15. Positive Schooling
16. Good Work: The Psychology of Gainful Employment
17. The Me/We Balance: Building Better Communities
PART VIII: A POSITIVE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
18. Going Positive
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1412990629
• ISBN 13: 9781412990622
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 588