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Running head: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Positive Psychology
Assignment number u03a1, DB8010-01,

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Positive Psychology
Introduction
People usually attach negative connotations to their understanding of psychology, and
these things are categorized by DSM-IV codes for ordinary problems de jour - anxiety,
depression, or stress. Then this belief is further reinforced when friends and family indicate that
someone could, in theory, be in therapy forever working on their issues, as nobody is perfect.
Positive psychology makes a world of sense on many levels: as a transition after years of intense
Freudian work, a turn-up every five or seven years makes terrific sense and especially in a
coaching environment where fine tuning senior executives helps them reach their
innovative/creative button faster, allowing them be genuinely inspired in their work. A leader at

the helm in this rarefied state is a remarkable sight; it is even a more powerful to work alongside
one, on a regular basis. Imagine having six senior executives operating at this level, out of 10 as
nobody can do it every day. Then imagine this group of officers, including the CEO, CFO, and,
all reporting to a board of directors (BOD) who are all equally inspired and focused on the
strengths of their people and services. Regardless of their product or geographic location, most
people would agree that this company has a strong competitive advantage; would you agree with
this observation. Without knowing anything about this companys industry, we can state that
they have the ability to create a competitive advantage using strong positive psychology. The
caveat is: it has to be done right to have this kind of power; having this kind of powerful affect is
very do-able, and indicates how deep this students belief is, in the definitive power of this
method.
Intention alone is extremely powerful and many of us make decisions while we sleep,
then wake up feeling clearer even though no action has been taken yet. Making a decision means

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that the intention has been made. There is a release of pressure and a knowing-ness that the
matter will be resolved. Positive Psychology focuses on what is right with a person as opposed
to what is wrong with them. Positive feelings evoke a myriad of desirable goodies that any sane
person can easily dream about over morning coffee at their desk. One of the best feelings is
termed knowledge emergence or to put it in lay terms, leaning new knowledge or knowledge
creation.
With our children we look for ways to enhance this behavior of knowledge creation or
emergence; we guide them, we try to encourage gently, or as Maria Montessori indicated
that individuals disciplined when they are rendered as artificially silent and obedient is more of
an individual annihilated, not educated, or inspired. A child should be free to learn, without
feeling constantly hampered, or dealing with unnecessary hurdles, to simply complete their task
of learning. Similarly, the adult worker could not help but thrive in an environment where their
knowledge creation is encouraged, respected, and guided. It is a joyful feeling to figure out an
answer to a detailed problem that has held up a department or process, but it is more fulfilling to
do so within a positive process, rather than in one that negates self-confidence. Ms. Montessori
was fond of saying to follow the child, in other words to let them learn; also that the happiness of
the learner was the most telling test of the correctness the educational procedure.
Anyone, who has become lost in the flow of a project, understands the satisfaction of
looking up and being shocked at the time when solving a problem that truly challenges ones
abilities; this is another main goal of positive psychology. If we do our best work in this state
and are at our most innovative highest self, then let us learn to replicate this euphoric cheerful

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state so that its effects might spill over to benefit others. A research study was done in 2002
entitled Dispositional affect and job outcomes, by Ed Diner, Carol Nickerson, Richard Lucas,
and Ed Sandvik; their study spanned 19 years from just prior to the freshman sparkly eyed stage
to years later when significant job experience has been garnered.
This study examined the influence of cheerfulness at college entry on three outcomes,
nineteen years later: current income, job satisfaction, and unemployment history. Subsequently
various aspects were tested as well, such as whether the sex of the parent making most of the
money make a difference later; from this survey started from the 1976 freshman entering 25
institutions and of the roughly 23,000 students participating, the greatest single factor in all three
outcomes was parental income, showing significant differences at higher parental income levels
(Cameron, 2012). No one can argue with the results that show the cheerful freshman w/o AP
(without Affluent Parent(s)) could not make up for the opportunities enjoyed by students w/AP
(with Affluent Parents) which a sad fact is considering the number of dedicated educators. This
does however, speak to the importance of the emotional feeding of our humans, whether these
learners are little people or grown adults creating new knowledge for their employer. The
process should be lively, vital, passionate and creative in order for these human brains to fire at
their optimal level and work at their most congenial level as well, after all collaboration is the
language of the future.
Positive Psychology hopes to sway psychologists to contribute to positive aspects of life,
not just focus their work in negative traits and behavior, which may account for 3 % of a persons
behavior. Hopefully, one day they will achieve one of their main goals, which is to identify an

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"anti-DSM" list of strengths and virtues that are found among the most emotionally resilient and
happy people (Diener, 2002). Positive psychology requires an attitude and willingness to grow
emotionally, culturally, spiritually, and intellectually. While it was not stated in the reading
material, it would seem that those with some therapy in their past may become comfortable with
this method faster than others, since it does require a good amount of reflection. We do not
spend twelve hours a day at work with the same people, so the time we are with direct reports is
valuable. Using this method to bring out the best in the most expensive company asset makes
undeniable sense; empowered staff creates empowered teams, which can drive a vital, profitable
entity.
Positive emotions, positive individual habits, and institutions are the three legs of the
positive psychology easy chair. Positive emotions can include contentment with past matters,
happiness about the present and optimism about the future. Positive individual traits looks at
strengths and virtuous traits, such as ones capacity to love, work, and display courage,
compassion, integrity, self-knowledge, self-control, and wisdom. Understanding positive
institutions entails the study of our social system and what fosters better communities: justice,
truth, ethics, leadership, purpose, tolerance, and service.

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