🔑 Key Definitions
Second Wave: Integration of negative with positive, more nuanced approach 🌊
Positive Psychology 2.0: Embrace both light and dark aspects of human experience ☯️
Toxic Positivity: Excessive positivity that dismisses legitimate negative emotions 😊❌
Positive Psychology 2.0: Embrace both light and dark aspects of human experience ☯️
Toxic Positivity: Excessive positivity that dismisses legitimate negative emotions 😊❌
👤 Important Figures
- Paul Wong - Meaning-centered approach, PP 2.0 ☯️
- Tim Lomas - Second Wave Positive Psychology 🌊
🌊 Second Wave Themes
- Dialectical integration ☯️
- Contextual sensitivity 🌍
- Complexity appreciation 🔄
- Value of negative emotions 😢✅
- Cultural humility 🌏
⚠️ Critiques of Positive Psychology
- Western cultural bias 🌍
- Ignoring structural factors 🏗️
- Oversimplifying happiness 😊
- Potential for "blaming the victim" 👤❌
- Commercialization 💰
🔮 Future Directions
- More cross-cultural research 🌏
- Integration with neuroscience 🧠
- Systems-level applications 🏗️
- Technology integration 💻
- Climate/global challenges 🌍
💡 Exam Tips
- Second Wave = INTEGRATION not rejection ☯️
- Know the key criticisms 5️⃣
- Wong & Lomas = Second Wave leaders 🌊
- Avoid toxic positivity 😊❌