Positive Psychology-A Current perspective Author Krishan Kumar Dr. Rajiv Dogra Corresponding Address Krishan Kumar‚ M. Sc‚ M. Phil (M& SP)‚ PhD (Pur) Clinical Psychology‚ Computational Neuroscience National Brain Research Centre‚ Manesar Email- keshusony@rediffmail.com Ph.no. 9999516319 Dr. Rajiv Dogra Associte Professor‚ Department of Clinical Psychology Post Graduate College and Medical Sciences‚ Rohtak Email- Rajeevdogra@rediffmail.com What is positive psychology?
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For example‚ in positive reinforcement‚ behavior is strengthened and increased by the addition of rewards or praise. Negative reinforcement is where a response or behavior is strengthened and increased‚ by stopping a stimulus for example applying sunscreen to avoid sunburn. However‚ positive punishment (which adds something) decreases behavior‚ for example you speed to work and get a speeding ticket. Negative punishment involves taking something away‚ for example your daughter stays out all night
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A positive mental attitude is an absolutely indispensable prerequisite for success. Your attitude determines how well you do and how far you go in life. Most people know that you need to have a positive mental attitude to achieve any measure of happiness and success‚ but what is it? A positive mental attitude is how you respond to adversity and difficulty. The only way you can tell what type of attitude you have is how you react when things go wrong. Your attitude is determined by your expectations
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he included characters which are neither good nor evil; instead‚ in order to make the play more realistic and create metaphors for real life situations‚ Shakespeare created the characters with both positive and negative aspects‚ as the same applies in real life. In this essay‚ the positive and negative aspects of Antonio‚ Portia‚ and Shylock will be discussed‚ and the effect of these aspects on the total outcome of the play. Shakespeare was successful in creating many complex characters in The Merchant
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Sarah Langford Dr. Radzik PHIL 111-200 11 December 2015 I. Negative Rights v. Positive Rights Traditionally‚ it is believed that negative duties are more important and less demanding than positive rights. However‚ Edith Lichtenberg challenges this view by showing that not all negative duties are as easy to keep and that they may not always take priority over positive duties. Negative duties are duties of non-interference‚ which correspond with a right of non-interference‚ meaning one party’s duty
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Positive Discipline Parents who love their children have a responsibility to guide‚ love‚ teach and discipline them towards appropriate behavior. Barakat and Clark (2007) say that negative actions such as spanking can interfere with a child’s healthy development. For example: spanking a child for inappropriate behavior teaches them‚ that physical force is appropriate in disciplining bad behavior. Encouraging good behavior can lessen the time it takes to correct him‚ or her for mistakes. Positive
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The main idea also consist of The different types of ideas that teachers can use to try to prevent some of the negative attitudes and actions that students use towards them. The purpose of the essays are to help students develop a more positive attitude towards their teachers and towards school. Another purpose is for teachers to gain more knowledge of how to control the types of negative attitudes that they may be receiving from their students. Teachers all across the United States have experienced
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POSITIVE THINKING ESSAY Hi‚ everybody! Now I’m telling you about POSITIVE THINKING. First I’m explaining you there are two kind of people: optimistic and pessimistic people. A pessimist is a person who nurtures a consistently negative attitude‚ expecting the worst of people and of situations. A pessimist relates to the “half empty glass‚” ignoring the fact that the glass is also half full. He or she typically believes that the world in which we live is the worst possible of all worlds and
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POSITIVE APPROACH Attitude is the most important trait that lifts a man from his present position to the top most. A person who is very positive will spread his positive spirit in al the directions which helps him in unbelievable achievements. This is hard fact of life that whatever be the status of a man‚ his positive attitude always makes him to be the top in his crowd. I have seen many of my superiors and colleagues‚ who were totally negative in their approach‚ had been written off from
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good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing‚ he would reply‚ “If I were any better‚ I would be twins!” He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day‚ Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this
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