Ancient Greek virtue — focus?
Living morally leads to authentic happiness.
Pathology focus — traditional psychology?
Centered on diagnosing and treating mental illness.
Paradigm shift — from disease to?
Fostering human flourishing and strengths.
Seligman’s critique of 'zero' — what?
Moving beyond neutrality to promote flourishing.
Flow — defined by?
Deep absorption and engagement in activity.
Flow characteristics — include?
Concentration, self-awareness loss, time distortion.
Flow mechanism — requires?
Balance challenge and skill levels.
Free will assumption — posits?
Humans can choose and regulate emotions.
Self-regulation — based on?
Recognizing and using signature strengths.
Authentic goodness — viewed as?
Genuine, natural positive traits.
Signature strengths — purpose?
Promote well-being and resilience.
The Good Life — components?
Pleasure, engagement, and purpose.
Relationships — role in?
Expressing goodness and sustaining well-being.
Empirical evidence — method?
Meta-analysis and experience sampling.
Meta-analysis — purpose?
Combine studies to find overall patterns.
Subjectivity — challenge?
Self-report biases affect happiness measures.
Cultural differences — impact?
Shape how happiness and well-being are experienced.
Biological factors — include?
Genetics and neurochemistry influence happiness.
Evaluation — methodological issue?
Reliance on subjective, correlational data.
Strengths — positive psychology?
Focus on human strengths and growth.
Weaknesses — critique?
Cultural bias and measurement limitations.
Paradigm importance — in summary?
Shift from pathology to flourishing and virtue.
Answer 11 questions on Foundations of Positive Psychology.
1. What is the concept of 'Flow' as defined in positive psychology?
2. What specific critique did Martin Seligman make regarding the traditional 'zero' baseline in psychology during the modern paradigm shift?
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