PSYC 4220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Positive Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4220
• Professor: Diane Lawless

Document Summary

Many moments in peoples lives are characterized by joy, interest, love and the like, and. The role of positive emotions in positive psychology. Positive psychology aims to understand and foster the factors that allow individuals, communities and societies to flourish. Emotions play a role in this mission as positive emotions serve as markers of flourishing or optimal well being there are also moments negative emotion. The overall balance of peoples negative and positive emotions has been shown to predict their judgments of subjective well being. objective happiness can be measured by tracking peoples momentary experiences of good and bad feelings. Positive emotions signal flourishing, but they also produce flourishing in the moment and over long term. Positive emotions are worth cultivating not for end states but for psychological growth and improved well being. Emotions are a subset of the broader class of active phenomena, and they are best conceptualized as multicomponent response tendencies that unfold over lifespans.