PSY 202 - Positive Psychology

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    Description
    Focuses on the traits of individuals in their ability to overcome adversity. Explores evidence-based findings on strengths like happiness, flourishing, and resiliency (as opposed to classic psychology's focus on the disease model), using the bio-psycho-sociocultural model. Concepts include mindfulness, flow, optimism, and relationships. Designed to increase understanding of one's sense of life-satisfaction (e.g., through self-analysis). Encourages optimal emotional, psychological, biological, and social well-being and functioning. Emphasizes behaviors, activities, and ways of thinking that are identified in the literature as conducive to wellness.