...Thoughts Of Happiness: A World Of Perspectives To begin the article the author Jennifer Senior gives a score out front on her test taking from the Authentic Happiness Inventory. The test designed by Chris Peterson to test ones level of happiness. She took the test at the Positive Psychology Center in the University of Pennsylvania. In a scale of 1 to 5, the author got a grade of 2.88 which she said was below average for her level. The score she received was below average for most components such as “age, education level, gender and occupation” (422). She also stated that her mark for her zip code was at fifty percent. She explained that according to psychologists, her happiness was probably caused by her job than any other factors. The article continues with the details of the test. Within the details of this section she includes the process in which the test was given. Senior had visited the positive psychology center at the University of Pennsylvania. The details of her experience heading toward taking this test show that it seemed to be very laid back. She gives details on how Chris Peterson offers her a very “impromptu tour of the place” (422). Hagens 2 Continuing she states that Peterson gives her the zip code that is the happiest, that being Branson Missouri. Peterson continues with the details of the test. Senior states that the Peterson had told her that the results “are not respresentive respondents” (422). At this point in the article Peterson...
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...Positive Psychology Areas of Focus in Relation to Interpersonal and Prosocial Behavior Carmen Amaya Park University 1. Abstract The concepts of Positive Psychology are explored through an intrapersonal, interpersonal, and pro-social lens using empirical research as the basis. The paper examines the history, intentions and scope of positive psychology in relationship to personal experiences and character traits that lead to personal effectiveness. The specific Areas of Focus examine the major principles of Positive Psychology and their importance with regards to; changes in emotional states, cognitive processes and experiences in juxtaposition with current research. The concepts and principles are then applied to current goals, plans and future application in respect to the workplace, environment and culture. Finally, the challenges, obstacles and unanswered questions are discussed in current applications of Positive Psychology. Keywords: Positive Psychology, resiliency, hope, theories, emotion, cognition 2. Positive Psychology Areas of Focus in Relation to Interpersonal and Pro-social Behavior Major Principles and Concepts The primary underlying assumption of positive psychology is that psychology should focus on encouraging people’s strengths rather than fixing their weaknesses (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) assert that as a new psychological paradigm, positive psychology rejects the disease...
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... | | |Positive Psychology | Copyright © 2012, 2009. 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description How much control does a person have over his or her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? What does it mean to be “free”? PSY/220 offers students a contemporary and relevant approach to the study of psychology and the opportunity to learn more about themselves in the process. In this course, students evaluate, understand, and build on their psychological strengths and those of others. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Baumgardner, S. R. and Crothers, M. .K. (2009). Positive psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available...
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...of Positivity in Indian Scenario Construction of Positivity in Indian Scenario Construction of Positivity in Indian Scenario Construction of Positivity in Indian Scenario Dr. Jamal Akhtar*, Sarah Kazmi Rizvi** *Professor, Department Of Psychology, Govt. MLB Girls PG College (Autonomous), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India ; email: jamal.akhtar28@gmail.com ** M.B.A., Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, Delhi, India ; email: sarahkazmi90@gmail.com Abstract- Positivity refers to the degree to which something is positive or the quality or state of being positive. Positivity is that which accepts the world as it is, takes inspiration from it and sees the brighter side of it. Positive Psychology, a newly developed branch of Psychology, is an evolving branch of psychology developed by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszenmihalyi in 1998. It was developed in order to get an insight and understanding in to various dimensions of the concept of positivity. The aim of this branch of psychology was summed up by its authors in the following words: “We believe that a psychology of positive human functioning will arise that achieve a scientific understanding and effective interventions to build thriving in individuals, families and communities.” Positive psychologists seek to find and nurture genius and talent and to make normal life more fulfilling rather than treating...
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...Teaching children to become resilient to adversity. Resilience is the ability of a person to balance back “like a ball” when he/she feels disappointed, frustrated or oppressed. Building resilience is a process of nurturing a belief that a person is capable of overcoming difficulties and learning to become empathetic and compassionate to others who may be facing similar situations. One of the ways to foster resilience is to encourage a “growth mindset”, an attitude of embracing challenges, hard work and mistakes as opportunities to develop person’s problem-solving capacity, an effective way to respond to his/her world. Problem-solving routine: 1. Identify the problem. 2. Brainstorm three ways three ways to handle it. 3. Choose one way to try and decide on a backup plan. 4. Try the strategy. 5. Evaluate how well the strategy worked. 6. If it did not work very well, try the next one. 7. Enjoy your new confidence. Practice is a process of getting better at reaching one’s goal to learn something new. P patience, play, purpose, preparation, progress, process, perseverance, power of prayer, provision. R resilience, reminder, respect, recovery, response, routine, rest. A attitude, activity, adversity, “Aha”-moments. C choice, challenge is a chance, capability, confront-a-problem, creativity. T time, trying hard, temperament. I independence, intelligence. C Connection, “Can do”, confidence, courage, collaboration, comfort. E evaluation...
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...KJ Merhoff Mrs.Williams English1/period 2 November 2012 Letter to Dream November 2, 2012 Dear KJ, If your reading this then you did something right. If you’re not reading this well you’re an idiot. I know you might be thinking hahahahaha I wonder what I said well this is what you said. I hope you’re doing well for yourself and I hope you tapped every hot badonkadonk in this little hick redneck backwoods hillbilly school because if you haven’t remember to kick you own ass you idiot unless of course you’ve found a great women who understands you for you not a fake asshole you can be at times. I hope by the time you read this you got money at least and a car or motorcycle. Remember the top 3 hot chicks at school are 1. Chelsea 2. Hayley M. 3. Shelby. Now if they aren’t still the top 3 when you read this then that’d be funny and what I expected I hope you’ve at least tap 2 out of those three though unless they turn into Megan wise look alike and I promise myself that if by the time I read this if Megan is considered popular and hot do EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY HER THEN TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND LET NOTHING STOP I KNOW I WILL STIIL HAVE THE DETERMINATION IF DEEP DOWN TO RULE THE EARTH AND CRUSH ANYONE IN MY PATH . Now if you’ve read that and you’re like wtf why was I like this and thank god I got a girlfriend now I really needed one back then well your right and...
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...Company’s highly regarded Analyst Program, convinced me that Company is the ideal environment to begin my business career. Evidence of my leadership and analytical skills can be seen in my responsibilities as analyst intern at Company, and my commitment to my academics. My educational background combined with my other information, has been excellent preparation for a career with Company. Please review the enclosed resume and references and consider my application for your recruitment of probationary officer. I would appreciate the opportunity to come to meet with you and explore the company environment, as well as possible job opportunities at Company. I look forward to exchanging ideas with you concerning a career at Company and the positive contributions I would offer as a member of your organization. Thank you for your consideration....
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...Everything happens for a reason, but it would be nice for once to know what the reason is. When love disappoints you.. dare to love again. Avoid being bitter and dare to make it more better like a new chapter. Ang pride pinapairal sa trabaho at hindi sa relasyon, Dahil hindi ka magiging Masaya. Some people create their own storms then get upset when it rains. "Happiness is always a matter of choice. If you want to feel it, then choose the one that will perfectly define it". Sacrifice is the only language of love. Happiness is not a consequence of things that happen. Do not pursue happiness - practice it. Sing, even if you do not sound good. Smile, even when things go wrong. Create happiness, and happy you will be." Di porket alam mong mahal ka niya, tatake for granted mo na. Tao din yan, pwedeng mapagod. It's not about counting the days, months, years that you love each other.. It's about how long you both fight for your love and relationship When someone really loves you, they don't have to say it. You can always know it by the way they treat you. <3 Husgahan ka man ng kahit na sino, mangingibabaw pa rin ang pagkatao mo sa mga taong tunay na nakakakilala sa'yo. Don't give up just cause you had a bad day. Forgive yourself and do better tomorrow. Effort is not a responsibility of a guy. It is the willingness of a guy to make his girl smile. "Dear God, I wanna take a minute, not to ask for anything from you. But simply to say thank you, for waking...
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...Marine Corp Leadership Traits The Marine Corp of the United States is the part of the United States Armed Force responsible to provide protection from the sea using the navy, for them as for any business the leadership traits are now priority, their importance come from the fact that each marine need to understand the importance of leadership traits and how to develop them so they can become good leaders and followers, for a marine the most important traits are: Justice, judgment, dependability, initiative, decisiveness, tact, integrity, enthusiasm, bearing, unselfishness, courage, knowledge, loyalty, and endurance. When it comes to Marine Corp or a Manager, in mine believes the four most important traits would be Integrity, Decisiveness, Dependability, and Courage or Enthusiasm. You need the integrity because the leader have to be an example and their teammates has to be able to seek up to him, and trust that he would always do the right thing even when no one is looking, to trust his dedication, commitment, ethics and values so he can be the right role model, the one that others one to follow. When it comes to decisiveness in work or in the field, you would need to take decision quickly, and your co-workers or teammates would depend on you to take the right decision at the right time, you need to take the decisions even when they’re tough and you have to think about your safety and the others safety. Basically they need to trust that when you’re face with a decision...
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...“Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen”-Alan Keith Dick Nettel, an executive for Bank America’s Consumer Call Center, shows how a leader can seize the opportunities to bring out the best in others and guide them on the journey to accomplish challenging goals. He serves as a role model for leaders who want to achieve exceptional things. In his organization people were disempowered and they described the organization as imprecise, failing, disorganized, frustrating, not fun etc. This was one of Dick’s ways to collect data and he also interviewed and listened to people for entire days. Then Dick asked the employees to describe how they would like the organization to look like. People said, world class, a model for other to follow, true passion for customers. Based on this Dick started to craft a vision. (You can read the mission statement on p.5.) Over the next 6 weeks Dick held 22 45-minute stat- of-the-center meetings with every team in the call center. He started the meetings with their vision and what they are committed to. Then he told them his story at Bank of America and the reason that he left that his true passion was to work with people to make a difference in their life. When the employees heard his story they realize he was “a champion on their side(6).” He also made it clear in the meeting that changing the call was everybody’s business. Then he held monthly town hall meetings, which...
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...The World Ending in 24 Hours An extremely loud sounding siren is going off and nobody knows why. Therefore we turned on the news to realize that there is a massive asteroid heading for earth and will hit us in 24 hours from now. As soon as everyone heres the news panic and screaming erupts. Many are crying or just simply sitting in shock of what is happening. As soon as I here the news I gather with my family. I would start by going out to a nice breakfast with everyone and talk about the good times we've all had. We also would forgive one another if we ever put someone through a hard time. After breakfast we would do things that we had put off before, such as going to church. We would all pray to god to forgive our sins and hope for a peaceful afterlife. After church I would then contact the rest of my friends and family to thank you for all the things they have done for me and the kindness they have shown me. After contacting everyone I possibly could, I’d take my family out to the best and most expensive restaurant around. I would tell each person how much they mean to me and how important they were to me in my life. After dinner I would take my family outside to look up at the stars to enjoy a beautiful view before the end. When the asteroid was in sight we all just hugged, shut our eyes and waited in...
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...| | |A BIRTHDAY | |By Christina Rossetti | | | | | | | |Allende Trinidad and Virué Rosario | A Birthday BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI The poem “A Birthday” written by Christina Rossetti reflects the powerful feelings of a person when falling in love. Also it makes us visualize her passion, ecstasy, and love as an aesthetic experience. Besides, the author accomplishes this trough a masterful choice of words. In the first stanza, we can see that is full of references to the natural world and simplicity of life in nature. We can also appreciate the uses of parallelism as in “My heart is like a singing bird” and “My heart is like an apple-tree”...
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...that I already drink? Cannot right? It’s same with our life, when something happen, we can’t look back, because it’s already happened. What we must do, move forward, and make all that happen is a lesson for us to be more careful and understand the meaning of life. 2. troubling about future for example, you must do your exam, but you already put the fact that you will be failed, you can’t do it. You don’t know what will happen in future so you can’t put the fact . what you must do, you must strive, you must brave, you have to be confident with your self. Three things must we do when meeting people is: 1. we learn to appreciate 2. good quotes 3. never criticize them Lastly, my advice, change ourselves, think positive, learn to forgive, and we definitely feel the happiness. thank...
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...We can easily find friends but have you ever thought of what kinds of people you should make friend with? Friends are really important in our lives and they should be loyal, supportive, loving and kind-and we should give that loyalty, support, love and kindness back in return. How many friends we have is not as have a few friends who have similarity to you. Decide what kinds of friends who suitable for you is difficult, right? Here is a list of top three kinds of friends we should cultivate. The listener is a kind of friend who can sit near and listen to you. Sound strange, right? Of course, if you have a chat with your friends about your happiness, they will always listen to you; however, what if you talk to them about your family trouble, will all of them be able to sit patiently listen to you? If you can friends who can do that, hold them into your life because they are the listener. Another kind of friend is the twin. Have you ever met someone who has nearly every single interest similar to you? The twin is the one who seems to share every single interest that you have. For example, you both like country music and love reading. In short the twin is a friend who is just like you. It is really rare to find this kind of friend but you already have one, you are very lucky! The last one is the motivator. Sometimes, we think that having friends who can accept who we really are is enough but if we can find someone who can make our lives better, it would be the best. It does...
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...Thesis Statement: “ [N]o supremely happy man can ever become miserable…” (I.10, 1100b.30) This above statement is from the chapter in which Aristotle discusses “Can a man be called ‘happy’ during his lifetime?”. From the micro perspective, the whole chapter is about whether happiness should be defined as permanent or momentary. Starting with Solon’s words and opposed examples illustrated by Aristotle, Aristotle leads us to deeply develop the definition and understanding of happiness. In his opinion, “happiness has permanence and is not amenable to changes under any circumstances”. Another element, for instance, fortune has the power to influence one’s happiness and revolve many times in one’s lifetime; however, Aristotle shows fortune is not determinant for happiness and merely an accessory of human life. Furthermore, “the happy man will have the attribute of permanence, and he will remain happy throughout his life” because the happy man will choose to do activities in conformity with virtue. Aristotle concludes that “the activities determine a man’s life, no supremely happy man can ever become miserable, for he will never do what is hateful and base”. Based on the true meaning of happiness, Aristotle advocates that it is the activities that matter rather than the outcomes. Further analyzing the statement of “No supremely happy man can ever become miserable” from the macro perspective should be focused on three key words in the statement. First of all is the “happy”, which...
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