This is one of my first readings required for class and thought it was an extremely interesting introduction to the field.
Though this was published in 2005, I can still say that here in 2012, the discipline of psychology seems to still focus on pushing an individual to a negative to a neutral state, rather than going beyond into a positive state. Having taken almost a dozen college-level Psychology courses since Winter of 2009, with a few Honors-level ones mixed in as well, I hadn't heard anything about Positive Psychology until my Health Psychology course this past summer. The brief mention of this field really caught my attention and thus here I am.
Some of the points that I find more interesting article revolve around the genetic influence of happiness (up to 50% is "genetically programmed") and every individual having a unique happiness set point, much like how we come to stay around a certain weight once we get older, no matter how much exercise or dieting is accomplished.
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