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Spotlight on Self-Care
Self-care is the process of reducing stress and ill-being and improving health and well-being. It is about countering the forces that deplete us and building the forces that nourish or strengthen us. Self-care is important to healthy psychological functioning and has become especially vital in the age of COVID-19. Like all animals, human beings are preprogrammed…
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Learning to be Optimistic
As a human species, do you think we are more naturally pessimistic or more naturally optimistic? Interestingly, Seligman and others in the field of positive psychology argue that we are naturally more pessimistic. From a biological perspective, as animals, we are preprogrammed to seek out potential danger as a means of survival. Even Freud talked…
Read MoreTHRIVE 102 Optimism
Reprinted from AllPsych Blog. As a human species, do you think we are more naturally pessimistic or more naturally optimistic? Interestingly, Seligman and others in the field of positive psychology argue that we are naturally more pessimistic. From a biological perspective, as animals, we are preprogrammed to seek out potential danger as a means of…
Read MoreTHRIVE 102 (Self-)Efficacy
Reprinted from Blog Post. Self-efficacy has to do with our own belief about our skills and abilities to bring about change. It is related to hope, but while hope is more about the pathway to our goal, self-efficacy is our belief about our ability to achieve that goal. No matter how much hope we have…
Read MoreTHRIVE 102 Course Introduction
Reprinted from AllPsych Blog. You Can Bank On it Psychological capital in many ways is like a savings account for our well-being. Just as it is good to save money for a rainy day, it is good to build psychological capital. It is beneficial for good days and allows us greater comfort and safety in…
Read MoreTHRIVE 101 Brief History of Positive Psychology – Part 1
Reprinted from Blog Posting It Didn’t Start Off Very Positive I could not think of a better or more ironic way to start a paper on the history of positive psychology than with a quote on the inevitability of pain and suffering. So here it is: “Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between…
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Self-Efficacy – How We Can, Not Why We Can’t
The title of this blog post comes from a Ted Talk by Peter Sage. I’ll link to the video below so you can watch it yourself. In the video, Sage talks about the incredibly limiting impact of self doubt. A quote of his I really liked is “You will never rise above your own opinion…
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Psychology Bookshelf – Recommended Books
AllPsych Bookshelf We’ve picked out our favorite books for those interested in learning more about psychology. Includes our favorite positive psychology books and psychology classics from Freud, Skinner, Watson, and Rogers. We’ve also added popular academic and clinical texts used in counseling and psychology training programs. AllPsych receives a small percentage from Amazon, usually 2-4%…
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Building Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)
You Can Bank On it Psychological capital in many ways is like a savings account for our well-being. Just as it is good to save money for a rainy day, it is good to build psychological capital. It is beneficial for good days and allows us greater comfort and safety in taking risks, being vulnerable,…
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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 memories associated with positive emotions (Skowronski, 2014). This means we tend to forget the bad times at a faster rate than the good…
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