MGMT2006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Positive Psychology
Document Summary
Peterson 2006 a primer in positive psychology. The values in action (via) institute: created by the mayerson foundation in 2000 to provide the conceptual and empirical means of describing positive youth development, focus on good character considering ongoing societal concerns with the topic. People spontaneously talk about the components of good character in more specific terms like curiosity, fairness and religiousness and not in the more-abstract terms of core virtues. The natural concepts used to describe good character are strengths of character and not core virtues. Is fulfilling: contributes to individual fulfillment, satisfaction, and happiness broadly construed. Is morally valued: is valued and not for tangible outcomes it may produce: does not diminish others: elevates other who witness it, producing admiration, not jealousy, has a nonfelicitous opposite: has obvious antonyms that are negative. Is trait-like: is an individual difference with demonstrable generality and stability. Is measurable: has been successfully measured by researchers as an individual difference.
