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🎯 Main Points

Future of Positive Psychology

PSY409 - Positive Psychology

🔑 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 😊❌

👤 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 😊❌