Positive Psychology: Martin Seligman - Wellbeing Before Learning; Flourishing students, succe...

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Martin Seligman - Wellbeing Before Learning; Flourishing students, succe...

Published on Dec 9, 2012

Martin Seligman's keynote address to the Wellbeing Before Learning; Flourishing students, successful schools conference in Adelaide on Feb 27th 2012

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Link: http://youtu.be/Rl8yX_8LVnc

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."

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