HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psy, Psychopathology, Neoliberalism
2 Oct 2017
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If 20th century was the century of eeh psy-ences, 21st c. marks culmination if the growth of psy. Increasingly, daily discipline and governance over psychological life comes from self, rather than experts. Needed to think about the things that made her strong- applied to discipline of. 1990"s seligman"s epiphany in the garden psychology as a whole, rather than think of deficiencies, we should think about all the dif. As new head of apa, promised to revolutionize psychology by turning away from the. People still felt happy, even though things were going to shit. Pp emerges as the study of positive experience, human strengths, virtues. Inverts freudian theory that thoughts driven by underlying emotions (themselves products if life experience) perception. Doesn"t matter how much money you have etc. , what ultimately matters is your own self. Once happiness included in an individual, they"ll perform better and then feel better (self-reinforcing circle)
