PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rollo May, Agreeableness, Logotherapy

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY230H1
• Professor: Dan Dolderman

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Week 08: humanistic & positive psychology (reading: chapter 9 + supplementary) Dolderman wants to emphasize the approaches and personal implications. When discussing positivity, you also discuss negativity. As we get older, our perspectives change less certain, more questioning. Example: nurse who cared for the dying. (cid:862)i (cid:449)ish i had the (cid:272)ourage to li(cid:448)e a life true to (cid:373)(cid:455)self a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot the life e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted of (cid:373)e(cid:863). We used to (cid:271)e free and authentic, but then get bogged down by expectations. (cid:862)i (cid:449)ish i had(cid:374)"t (cid:449)orked so hard(cid:863). (cid:862)i (cid:449)ish i had the (cid:272)ourage to e(cid:454)press (cid:373)(cid:455) feeli(cid:374)gs(cid:863). Not (cid:449)a(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g to hurt others" feelings, break social conventions/norms, stand out, etc. (cid:862)i (cid:449)ish i had sta(cid:455)ed i(cid:374) tou(cid:272)h (cid:449)ith (cid:373)(cid:455) frie(cid:374)ds(cid:863). The(cid:455) get (cid:272)aught up (cid:449)ith life a(cid:374)d detached from others. It becomes harder and harder to keep in touch. (cid:862)i (cid:449)ish i let (cid:373)(cid:455)self (cid:271)e happier(cid:863). Happi(cid:374)ess is a (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)e (cid:374)eed to re(cid:373)o(cid:448)e the barriers to the expression of happiness.