Positive Psychology: Psychotropic Drugs And The Nature Of Reality

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Psychotropic Drugs And The Nature Of Reality

Psychotropic Drugs And The Nature Of Reality: ""

Psychotropic Drugs And The Nature Of Reality

48:38 - 3 years ago

Michael Persinger - Psychotropic Drugs And The Nature Of Reality Dr. Persinger's winning lecture, which focused on psychotropic drugs, investigated the nature of consciousness: What it is and how it can be modified by drugs, particularly those that have political and economic impact.

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."