Positive Psychology: Insights Into the Mind of the Child

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Insights Into the Mind of the Child

Ever wonder why children can watch the same movie over and over and never tire of it? Learn more about a childs thought processes with UCSF pediatrician Dr. Andrea Marmor. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16720]

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."