The history of positive psychology
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- 500 BC
- 500 - 1500 AD
- 17TH - 18TH CENTURY
- 1842 - 1910
- Theory of pragmatism
- The power of positive thinking.
- 1950s
- Abraham Maslow
- Carl Rogers
- 1998
- Positive Psychology
- APA
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- Ancient philosophers like Aristotle, Socrates and Plato contemplated the meaning of happiness and what it means to have a good life and if life is worth living.
- Christianity taught that true happiness is found in the afterlife. They spoke about living a virtuous life and a life that is free of sin.
- Age of enlightenment or the intellectual movement believed that moral actions and humanity maximized happiness and that everyone was of equal value.
- William James created the theory of pragmatism and principles of psychology and Norman Peale published a book about the power of positive thinking.
- Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers believed that Humanistic psychology should be based on the study of self-growth, self-actualization, and human potential.
- Martin Seligman became the president of American Psychological Association and introduced positive psychology.
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