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1、PositivePsychology–Lecture3
Goodmorning,everyone.Thissemesterhasstarted,officiallytoday.Gladtoseeyouhere.Justacoupleofannouncementandalsohitotheextensionschoolstudents.LasttimewesayhitoNewZealand.TodaywearesayinghitoIreland.Intermsofsectioningfortheundergradsan
2、dgraduatestudentshere,you'llgetanemailfromSeanAchortomorrow.Andyou'llputinyoursectionpreference.Wearesectioningthisweekend.
Soitwillbeimportantthatyousubmityourtoppreferences.Andnextweekwearestarting.Lasttime,ifyourememberthequestionthatweask,theguidingquestion
3、was"whypositivepsychology?"AndImentionedthreereasons,Whyweneeditasanindependentfieldasopposedtojustbeing"well,let’sdosomestudiesonhappiness,onrelationships"asitisalwaysbeingdone?Thereasonwhyweneedpositivepsychologyistoshiftthependulumfromthe21:1ratiothatwehaveto
4、day:foreveryonestudyondepressionoranxiety,wehave21studieson--sorry,foronestudyonhappinessorwellbeing,wehave21studiesondepressionandanxiety.Wewanttoshiftthependulumslightly.AndImentionedthreereasonwhywewanttoshiftthispendulumdespitethefactthattherearerisinglevels
5、ofdepressionaroundtheworld,thatanxietyhasbecomeepidemicglobally—oncollegecampusesinUnitedStates,China,Australia,UK.Despitethatfact,Iarguethatweneedtoshiftthependulumanddomore"positiveresearch‖,orinotherwords,researchthatfocusesonwhatworks.Andthereasonis—thefirst
6、reasonthatwegaveandwearejustfinishingupisbecausethequestionthatweask,whetherit'stheresearchquestionsthatweask,orthequestionsthatweaskofourselves,orourpartners,matter.Andifouronlyquestions,orprimarilyourquestionsare"whatisnotworking?Whatistheproblem?Whyaresomanyk
7、idsfailingasaresultoftheircircumstances?"Ifweonlyaskthesequestions,wewillmiss,literallymissanimportantpartofreality,justlikeyoumissed
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thechildrenonthebusintheexercise.Mostofyoudid.Andifwealsoaskthepositivequestion,thensomenewpossibilities,newquestsope
8、nup,justliketheydidfortheresearcherswhentheystartedtoasknolonger"whydosomanyindividualsfail?"butstartedtoask"whatdosomeindividualsdoandsucceed?Whydosomeindividualssuc
