#100HappyDays The Pursuit of Happiness According to Psychology Today the clamor to understand happiness and its recipe has reached a fever pitch: in 2000 just 50 books on the subject were published, while in 2008, 4000 books on the pursuit of happiness hit the shelves. A new branch of psychology has developed over the past two decades: Positive Psychology, which aims to study the healthy thriving human, rather than making the neurotic mind its research model. The Positive Psychology approach expands upon Plato’s theory of the cultivation of virtues as the recipe for happiness: 1) Wisdom and Knowledge (creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, love of learning, perspective, innovation.) 2) Courage (bravery, persistence, integrity, vitality) 3) Humanity (love, kindness, social intelligence) 4) Justice (citizenship, fairness, leadership) 5) Temperance (forgiveness, mercy, humility, prudence, self control) 6) Transcendence (appreciation of beauty and excellence, gratitude, hope, humor, spirituality.)
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:37:07 +0000
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