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Character Strengths and the Virtuous Life

Character Strengths and the Virtuous Life

This article is part of the course THRIVE 103: Activating Strengths in Pursuit of Well-Being Jump to Course The ultimate goal in positive psychology is to help individuals and communities thrive. We ...
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/ / Character Strengths, Positive Psychology, Virtue
Grit - Passion and Perseverance

Grit – Passion and Perseverance

What makes someone successful? Is it intellect? Education? Physical health? Talent? Maybe luck? According to Dr. Angela Duckworth from the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, it is none of ...
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/ / Accomplishment, Grit, Positive Psychology
Building Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)

Building Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)

This article is part of the course THRIVE 102: Psychological Capital or How to Be a Hero. Jump to Course You Can Bank On it Psychological capital in many ways is like ...
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/ / Hope, optimism, Positive Psychology, Psychological Capital, Resilience, Self-Efficacy
The Real World Benefits of Expressing Gratitude

The Real World Benefits of Expressing Gratitude

Gratitude: As Old as Animal Kind Gratitude may be an evolutionary component of human development, passed down for thousands of years according to sociologist Georg Simmel (Greater Good Magazine, n.d.). While we ...
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/ / Gratitude, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology
The Fading Affect Bias in Pursuit of the Pleasant Life

The Fading Affect Bias in Pursuit of the Pleasant Life

Fading Affect Bias (FAB) The Fading Affect Bias, or FAB for short, refers to the cognitive phenomenon supported by research showing that memories associated with negative emotions tend to fade faster than ...
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/ / Fading Affect Bias, Flow, optimism, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology
Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 2)

Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 2)

This article is part of the course THRIVE 101: Positive Psychology History and Introduction Jump to Course Continued From Part 1... But Wait, There is Good News Remember, Csikszentmihalyi found that teenagers ...
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/ / Character Strengths, Flow, optimism, Positive Psychology, Resilience, well-being
Well-Being and the Five 'Happy' Lives

Well-Being and the Five ‘Happy’ Lives

This article is part of the course THRIVE 103: Activating Strengths in Pursuit of Well-Being Jump to Course Well-Being and The PERMA Model Seligman (2011) argues that well-being is enhanced through thriving ...
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/ / Accomplishment, Happiness, Meaning, PERMA, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology, Relationships, well-being
Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 1)

Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 1)

This article is part of the course THRIVE 101: Positive Psychology History and Introduction Jump to Course It Didn't Start Off Very Positive I could not think of a better or more ...
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/ / Happiness, Positive Psychology
What I Learned Writing About 1,000+ Psychology Studies

What I Learned Writing About 1,000+ Psychology Studies

If you go to get a doctoral degree in psychology, you spend five years reading a bunch of psychology studies. Or so I'm told. I've never gotten a psychology doctorate. But I ...
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/ / General Psychology, research
Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Guilt is a negative emotion, but it’s a negative emotion that to some extent is good. If no one ever felt guilt, the world would be a scary place indeed! One question ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Guilt