PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Teddy Bear, Reinforcement, Egocentrism

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Tanya Martini

Document Summary

For a great deal of time, psychologists have focused on the things that we do that are negative instead of the positive ones. (cid:1) Result: psychologists have historically focused on negatives and conflict. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Positive psychology people are predominantly interested in the good side of humans and the good things people do. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Can be studied at the level of the individual. Positive emotion happiness contentment, and joy and how it impacts the way we think and behave. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Caregiving in any circumstances elderly parents, kids etc Building peaceful relations between groups (prejudice and accepting people) (cid:1) Positive psychology covers a vast area of research and under this umbrella is the study of empathy. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Empathetic concers, the idea that we have the capacity to feel what toher people feel. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)