C. R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti

Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Snyder, Lopez, and Pedrotti offer comprehensive coverage of the science and application of positive psychology and present new frameworks for understanding positive emotions and human strengths. The authors bring positive psychology to life by tackling issues such as how positive psychology can help improve schooling and the workplace, as well as promote cooperative lifestyles among people. Further, the book covers Western and Eastern approaches to understanding human strengths, along with the cultural and developmental influences on positive functioning. The authors also explore various positive conditions such as happiness and well-being, along with other processes related to mindfulness, wisdom, courage, and spirituality. Features of the Second Edition: - Offers an in-depth discussion of science and applications: The book provides the most comprehensive coverage of postive psychology's science and applications. It explores various positive conditions such as empathy, altruism, gratitude, attachment and love. - Encourages active learning: The authors include over 50 case studies, grounded in the practice, research, teaching, and daily lives of the authors that reveal how positive psychological phenomenon operates in the lives of real people. Personal Mini-Experiments and Life Enchancement Strategies help readers apply knowledge of the science and practice of positive psychology in their lives. - Instructor's Resource Site is available to adopters. New to the Second Edition: - Updated with the latest research in positive psychology that covers topics such as hope, courage, altruism, and more - Provides examples and research from many different cultural groups that includes such facets as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender, nation of origin and others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 187mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1239g
• ISBN-13: 9781412981958
• ISBN-10: 1412981956
• Artikelnr.: 30577990

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Remembering C. R. Snyder's Legacy of Hope Acknowledgments PART I:
LOOKING AT PSYCHOLOGY FROM A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE 1. Welcome to Positive
Psychology 2. Eastern and Western Perspectives on Positive Psychology 3.
Classifications and Measures of Strengths and Positive Outcomes PART II:
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT 4. Developing Strengths and Living Well in a
Cultural Context 5. Living Well at Every Stage of Life PART III: POSITIVE
EMOTIONAL STATES AND PROCESSES 6. The Principles of Pleasure: Understanding
Positive Affect, Positive Emotions, Happiness, and Well-Being 7. Making the
Most of Emotional Experiences: Emotion-Focused Coping, Emotional
Intelligence, Socioemotional Selectivity, and Emotional Storytelling PART
IV: POSITIVE COGNITIVE STATES AND PROCESSES 8. Seeing Our Futures Through
Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Hope 9. Wisdom and Courage: Two Universal
Virtues 10. Mindfulness, Flow, and Spirituality: In Search of Optimal
Experiences PART V: PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR 11. Empathy and Egotism: Portals to
Altruism, Gratitude, and Forgiveness 12. Attachment, Love, and Flourishing
Relationships PART VI: UNDERSTANDING AND CHANGING HUMAN BEHAVIOR 13.
Balanced Conceptualizations of Mental Health and Behavior 14. Interceding
to Prevent the Bad and Enhance the Good PART VII: POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS 15.
Positive Schooling 16. Good Work: The Psychology of Gainful Employment 17.
The Me/We Balance: Building Better Communities PART VIII: A POSITIVE LOOK
AT THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOLOGY 18. Going Positive References Author Index
Subject Index About the Authors